CVE-2024-4038

The The Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro plugin for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.1. This is due to the plugin for WordPress 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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3080830%40back-in-stock-notifier-for-woocommerce&new=3080830%40back-in-stock-notifier-for-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d7f59489-9bff-4d22-8f99-6ea52d702ecf?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3080830%40back-in-stock-notifier-for-woocommerce&new=3080830%40back-in-stock-notifier-for-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d7f59489-9bff-4d22-8f99-6ea52d702ecf?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-05-14 15:42

Updated : 2026-06-17 08:00

NVD link : CVE-2024-4038

Mitre link : CVE-2024-4038

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-4038

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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