CVE-2024-31211 (GCVE-0-2024-31211)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-04 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 01:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Remote Code Execution in `WP_HTML_Token`
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-05 14:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/se… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress | wordpress-develop |
Affected:
>= 6.4.0 < 6.4.2
|
guessed |
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