NitroPack <= 1.16.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

2024-08-26 00:00

Rafie Muhammad

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.16.8

Affected PluginNitroPack – Performance, Page Speed & Cache Plugin for Core Web Vitals, CDN & Image Optimization

Affected Version<= 1.16.7

CVSS7.3High

CVECVE-2024-43922

View all NitroPack – Performance, Page Speed & Cache Plugin for Core Web Vitals, CDN & Image Optimization vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The The NitroPack – Caching & Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals, Defer CSS & JS, Lazy load Images and CDN plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.7. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.16.8, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')) The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43922 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a0f539c-5d1d-4e1b-9a4b-719c096ba23c

CVSS Vector

7.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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