CVE-2024-8479 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Simple Spoiler plugin for WordPress, versions 1.2 to 1.3. It allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes within comments due to an insecure filter that processes all shortcodes. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.3 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and potential for significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.2, < 1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webliberty:simple_spoiler:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 1.2, <= 1.3CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:webliberty:simple_spoiler:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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