WordPress security changelog
CRITICAL CVE-2023-5340 Modified

Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering: Code execution

Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering is affected by code execution. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Successful exploitation can run attacker-controlled code in the WordPress hosting account.

CVE / CNA score 9.8 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering
Plugin slug
five-star-restaurant-menu
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Nov 20, 2023
Weakness
CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

This CVE was published Nov 20, 2023 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering WordPress plugin before 2.4.11 unserializes user input via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to perform PHP Object Injection when a suitable gadget is present on the blog.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary and upstream sources