wpsoul Greenshift Plugin up to 9.9.9.3 on WordPress Shortcode wp_reusable_render authorization

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A vulnerability has been found in wpsoul Greenshift Plugin up to 9.9.9.3 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function wp_reusable_render of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-11181. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in wpsoul Greenshift Plugin up to 9.9.9.3 on WordPress. This issue affects the function wp_reusable_render of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 9.9.9.3 via the 'wp_reusable_render' shortcode due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be included. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract data from password protected, private, or draft posts that they should not have access to.

The weakness was disclosed by Brian Sans-souci. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-11181 since 11/13/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/05/2025).

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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• wpsoul

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• Greenshift Plugin

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• 9.9.9.0
• 9.9.9.1
• 9.9.9.2
• 9.9.9.3

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