CVE-2024-31211

published 2024-04-04

CVE-2024-31211: WordPress is an open publishing platform for the Web. Unserialization of instances of the `WP_HTML_Token` class allows for code execution via its…

Priority P2 63 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

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.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 6.4.2+dfsg1-1 (forky)	wordpress 6.4.2+dfsg1-1 (forky)
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 6.4.2+dfsg1-1	6.4.2+dfsg1-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 6.4.2+dfsg1-1	6.4.2+dfsg1-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 6.4.0 < 6.4.2	6.4.2
wordpress	wordpress-develop	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → Detect deserialization of `WP_HTML_Token` class instances, which triggers code execution via the `__destruct()` magic method ↗

• · Only WordPress versions 6.4.0 and 6.4.1 are affected; versions prior to 6.4.0 are NOT vulnerable, and 6.4.2+ is patched ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

osv 9.8 CRITICAL

vendor_debian 5.5 LOW

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