Custom Content Shortcode <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Access / Local File Inclusion

4.3
Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2021-24825
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 2, 2022
Last Updated August 29, 2022
Researcher Francesco Carlucci

Description

The Custom Content Shortcode WordPress plugin before 4.0.2 does not validate the data passed to its load shortcode, which could allow Contributor+ (v < 4.0.1) or Admin+ (v < 4.0.2) users to display arbitrary files from the filesystem (such as logs, .htaccess etc), as well as perform Local File Inclusion attacks as PHP files will be executed. Please note that such attack is still possible by admin+ in single site blogs by default (but won't be when either the unfiltered_html or file_edit is disallowed)

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug custom-content-shortcode (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.0.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.0.1
Patched Version
  • 4.0.2

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