Critical severity · published Apr 4, 2024
CVE-2024-31211
WordPress is an open publishing platform for the Web
9.8
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
WordPress is an open publishing platform for the Web. Unserialization of instances of the `WP_HTML_Token` class allows for code execution via its `__destruct()` magic method. This issue was fixed in WordPress 6.4.2 on December 6th, 2023. Versions prior to 6.4.0 are not affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
6.4.0 before 6.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31211
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31211
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-m257-q4m5-j653
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