johnbillion wp-crontrol Plugin up to 1.16.1 on WordPress code download

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in johnbillion wp-crontrol Plugin up to 1.16.1 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to code download. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-28850. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in johnbillion wp-crontrol Plugin up to 1.16.1 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code download vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-494. The product downloads source code or an executable from a remote location and executes the code without sufficiently verifying the origin and integrity of the code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

WP Crontrol controls the cron events on WordPress websites. WP Crontrol includes a feature that allows administrative users to create events in the WP-Cron system that store and execute PHP code subject to the restrictive security permissions documented here. While there is no known vulnerability in this feature on its own, there exists potential for this feature to be vulnerable to RCE if it were specifically targeted via vulnerability chaining that exploited a separate SQLi (or similar) vulnerability. This is exploitable on a site if one of the below preconditions are met, the site is vulnerable to a writeable SQLi vulnerability in any plugin, theme, or WordPress core, the site's database is compromised at the hosting level, the site is vulnerable to a method of updating arbitrary options in the wp_options table, or the site is vulnerable to a method of triggering an arbitrary action, filter, or function with control of the parameters. As a hardening measure, WP Crontrol version 1.16.2 ships with a new feature that prevents tampering of the code stored in a PHP cron event.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-28850 since 03/11/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1495 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.16.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• johnbillion

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• wp-crontrol Plugin

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• 1.16.0
• 1.16.1

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