WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2024-11638 Analyzed

Gtbabel: A security weakness

Gtbabel is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Gtbabel
Plugin slug
gtbabel
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Mar 10, 2025
Weakness
NVD-CWE-noinfo

This CVE was published Mar 10, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Gtbabel 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 Gtbabel WordPress plugin before 6.6.9 does not ensure that the URL to perform code analysis upon belongs to the blog which could allow unauthenticated attackers to retrieve a logged in user (such as admin) cookies by making them open a crafted URL as the request made to analysed the URL contains such cookies.

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

Primary and upstream sources