CVE-2024-5649 describes a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in the Universal Slider plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.6.5. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject a PHP Object through untrusted input deserialization. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to arbitrary file deletion, sensitive data retrieval, or code execution if a suitable POP chain exists on the target system. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webhuntinfotech:universal_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 1.6.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:webhuntinfotech:universal_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.