Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended: Code execution
Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended is affected by code execution. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. Successful exploitation can run attacker-controlled code in the WordPress hosting account.
- Component
- Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended
- Plugin slug
wpextended- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 08, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jan 08, 2025 and is one of 15 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended 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 Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in version 3.0.11. This is due to a missing capability check on the 'wpext_handle_snippet_update' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute code on the server providing an admin has created at least one code snippet.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H