wpwax Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate for WooCommerce Plugin Shortcode wcpcsu filename control

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in wpwax Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate for WooCommerce Plugin up to 1.9.10 on WordPress. This affects the function wcpcsu of the component Shortcode Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument theme results in filename control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-12040. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in wpwax Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate for WooCommerce Plugin up to 1.9.10 on WordPress. This affects the function wcpcsu of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation of the argument theme with an unknown input leads to a filename control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-98. The PHP application receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before its usage in "require," "include," or similar functions. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.10 via the 'theme' attribute of the `wcpcsu` shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

The weakness was shared by Youcef Hamdani. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-12040 since 12/02/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

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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• E-Commerce Management Software

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• wpwax

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• Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate for WooCommerce Plugin

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• 1.9.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.9.2
• 1.9.3
• 1.9.4
• 1.9.5
• 1.9.6
• 1.9.7
• 1.9.8
• 1.9.9
• 1.9.10

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