WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2024-11429 Deferred

Free Responsive Testimonials, Social Proof Reviews, and Customer Reviews – Stars Testimonials: Filesystem traversal

Free Responsive Testimonials, Social Proof Reviews, and Customer Reviews – Stars Testimonials is affected by filesystem traversal. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Free Responsive Testimonials, Social Proof Reviews, and Customer Reviews – Stars Testimonials
Plugin slug
stars-testimonials-with-slider-and-masonry-grid
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Dec 05, 2024
Weakness
CWE-98 — Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')

This CVE was published Dec 05, 2024 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Free Responsive Testimonials, Social Proof Reviews, and Customer Reviews – Stars Testimonials 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.

Source record

Technical description

The Free Responsive Testimonials, Social Proof Reviews, and Customer Reviews – Stars Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.3 via the 'stars-testimonials-with-slider-and-masonry-grid' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where PHP files can be uploaded and included.

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

References

Primary and upstream sources