wpDataTables Plugin up to 2.1.65 on WordPress deserialization

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A vulnerability was found in wpDataTables Plugin up to 2.1.65 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to deserialization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-4314. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in wpDataTables Plugin up to 2.1.65 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The wpDataTables WordPress plugin before 2.1.66 does not validate the "Serialized PHP array" input data before deserializing the data. This allows admins to deserialize arbitrary data which may lead to remote code execution if a suitable gadget chain is present on the server. This is impactful in environments where admin users should not be allowed to execute arbitrary code, such as multisite.

The weakness was disclosed 09/11/2023. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-4314 since 08/11/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.1.66 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• wpDataTables Plugin

Version

• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 2.1.5
• 2.1.6
• 2.1.7
• 2.1.8
• 2.1.9
• 2.1.10
• 2.1.11
• 2.1.12
• 2.1.13
• 2.1.14
• 2.1.15
• 2.1.16
• 2.1.17
• 2.1.18
• 2.1.19
• 2.1.20
• 2.1.21
• 2.1.22
• 2.1.23
• 2.1.24
• 2.1.25
• 2.1.26
• 2.1.27
• 2.1.28
• 2.1.29
• 2.1.30
• 2.1.31
• 2.1.32
• 2.1.33
• 2.1.34
• 2.1.35
• 2.1.36
• 2.1.37
• 2.1.38
• 2.1.39
• 2.1.40
• 2.1.41
• 2.1.42
• 2.1.43
• 2.1.44
• 2.1.45
• 2.1.46
• 2.1.47
• 2.1.48
• 2.1.49
• 2.1.50
• 2.1.51
• 2.1.52
• 2.1.53
• 2.1.54
• 2.1.55
• 2.1.56
• 2.1.57
• 2.1.58
• 2.1.59
• 2.1.60
• 2.1.61
• 2.1.62
• 2.1.63
• 2.1.64
• 2.1.65

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