Motors Plugin up to 5.6.65 on WordPress Shortcode code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Motors Plugin up to 5.6.65 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Shortcode Handler. This manipulation causes Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-13738. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Motors Plugin up to 5.6.65 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The The Motors - Car Dealer, Rental & Listing WordPress theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.65. 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. *It is unclear exactly which version the issue was patched in from the changelog. Therefore, we used the latest version at the time of verification.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-13738 since 01/26/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/03/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

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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• Motors Plugin

Version

• 5.6.0
• 5.6.1
• 5.6.2
• 5.6.3
• 5.6.4
• 5.6.5
• 5.6.6
• 5.6.7
• 5.6.8
• 5.6.9
• 5.6.10
• 5.6.11
• 5.6.12
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• 5.6.55
• 5.6.56
• 5.6.57
• 5.6.58
• 5.6.59
• 5.6.60
• 5.6.61
• 5.6.62
• 5.6.63
• 5.6.64
• 5.6.65

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