Slider Responsive Slideshow Plugin up to 1.3.8 on WordPress code injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Slider Responsive Slideshow Plugin up to 1.3.8 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes code injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-1859. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Slider Responsive Slideshow Plugin up to 1.3.8 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Slider Responsive Slideshow – Image slider, Gallery slideshow plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8 via deserialization of untrusted input to the awl_slider_responsive_shortcode function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

The weakness was shared 02/29/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-1859 since 02/23/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Slider Responsive Slideshow Plugin

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• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.3.6
• 1.3.7
• 1.3.8

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