Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin: Code execution
Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin is affected by code execution. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. Successful exploitation can run attacker-controlled code in the WordPress hosting account.
- Component
- Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin
- Plugin slug
widget-options- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 28, 2024
This CVE was published Nov 28, 2024 and is one of 8 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin 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 Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.7 via the display logic functionality that extends several page builders. This is due to the plugin allowing users to supply input that will be passed through eval() without any filtering or capability checks. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to execute code on the server. Special note: We suggested the vendor implement an allowlist of functions and limit the ability to execute commands to just administrators, however, they did not take our advice. We are considering this patched, however, we believe it could still be further hardened and there may be residual risk with how the issue is currently patched.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H