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Remote Code Execution in `WP_HTML_Token`

Moderate
peterwilsoncc published GHSA-m257-q4m5-j653 Apr 3, 2024

Package

WordPress (WordPress)

Affected versions

>= 6.4.0 <6.4.2

Patched versions

6.4.2

Description

Impact

Unserialization of instances of the WP_HTML_Token class allows for code execution via its __destruct() magic method.

Patches

This issue was fixed in WordPress 6.4.2 on December 6th, 2023. Versions prior to 6.4.0 are not affected.

References

This vulnerability was not responsibly disclosed to the WordPress security team and was published publicly as a zero-day vulnerability. Find out more about responsibly reporting security vulnerabilities.

Severity

Moderate
5.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2024-31211

Weaknesses

No CWEs