FKIE_CVE-2024-9578

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-11-13 02:15 - Updated: 2025-07-09 18:38
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
The Hide Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized shortcode execution due to do_shortcode being hooked through the comment_text filter in all versions up to and including 1.4.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes available on the target site.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-links/trunk/class.hidelinks.php#L21Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4198bbb2-3aff-492e-a781-b0c9477baf6c?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
avovkdesign hide_links *
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  "id": "CVE-2024-9578",
  "lastModified": "2025-07-09T18:38:34.383",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 5.3,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
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