CVE-2024-13770 is a critical PHP Object Injection vulnerability (CWE-502) affecting all versions up to 4.2.4 of the Puzzles | WP Magazine / Review with Store WordPress Theme. This flaw, rated 9.8 CVSS (CRITICAL), allows unauthenticated attackers to inject PHP Objects via untrusted input in the 'view_more_posts' AJAX action. While no inherent POP chain exists in the theme, if another plugin or theme provides one, attackers could achieve arbitrary file deletion, sensitive data retrieval, or code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and the developer has removed the theme, recommending replacement.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:themerex:puzzles:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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