CVE-2024-2501

Hubbub Lite – Fast, Reliable Social Network Sharing Buttons <= 1.33.1 - PHP Object Injection

2024-03-27 00:00
Webbernaut

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.33.2
Affected Version
<= 1.33.1
CVSS
7.5High
Weakness type
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVE
CVE-2024-2501
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At a glance

CVE-2024-2501 is a high-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in the Hubbub Lite WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.33.1. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). The issue is fixed in version 1.33.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2024, reported by Webbernaut.

Vulnerability Overview

The Hubbub Lite – Fast, Reliable Social Sharing Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.33.1 via deserialization of untrusted input via the 'dpsp_maybe_unserialize' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Hubbub Lite <= 1.33.1 carries this weakness at dpsp_maybe_unserialize, and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Deserialization of untrusted data means the application reconstructs objects from input a caller controls, letting the attacker choose which classes get instantiated and what their properties hold.

A workable chain turns deserialization into file writes, deletions or code execution, depending on what the loaded classes do in their magic methods. For Hubbub Lite the fix is 1.33.2: builds <= 1.33.1 are affected, anything from 1.33.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.33.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Hubbub Lite: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Hubbub Lite 1.33.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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