Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce Plugin up to 1.2.4 on WordPress code injection

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce Plugin up to 1.2.4 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-12721. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce Plugin up to 1.2.4 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Custom Product Tabs For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.4 via deserialization of untrusted input from the 'wb_custom_tabs' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Shop Manager-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software. 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 advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-12721 since 12/17/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/01/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

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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• Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce Plugin

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• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4

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