villatheme CURCY Plugin up to 2.2.5 on WordPress Shortcode get_products_price code injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in villatheme CURCY Plugin up to 2.2.5 on WordPress. This affects the function get_products_price of the component Shortcode Handler. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-13487. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in villatheme CURCY Plugin up to 2.2.5 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function get_products_price of the component Shortcode Handler. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The The CURCY – Multi Currency for WooCommerce – The best free currency exchange plugin – Run smoothly on WooCommerce 9.x plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via the get_products_price() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

The weakness was published by Michael Mazzolini. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-13487 since 01/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/06/2025). 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.

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• villatheme

Name

• CURCY Plugin

Version

• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

CVSSv3info

CVSSv2info

Exploitinginfo

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Countermeasuresinfo

Timelineinfo

Sourcesinfo

Entryinfo

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Discussion