CVE-2024-2006

high

Description

The Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate – with Shortcode, Gutenberg Block & Elementor Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.7 via deserialization of untrusted input in the outpost_shortcode_metabox_markup function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8cf1b234-862b-41a0-ab63-a986f8023613?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/post-grid-carousel-ultimate/tags/1.6.7&old=3045923&new_path=/post-grid-carousel-ultimate/tags/1.6.8&new=3045923&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-grid-carousel-ultimate/trunk/includes/classes/metabox.php#L43

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-03-13

Updated: 2026-04-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06017