Drop Shadow Boxes <= 1.7.14 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
CVE-2024-10262Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.7.14Update to 1.7.15 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.3
- CVSS
- 6.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Drop Shadow Boxes drop-shadow-boxes
- Affected≤ 1.7.14
- Patched in1.7.15
Update to 1.7.15 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.7.14. Version 1.7.15 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Drop Shadow Boxes.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.7.15, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Drop Shadow Boxes to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Arkadiusz Hydzik.
The The Drop Shadow Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.14. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Drop Shadow Boxes
All 6| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ≤1.7.13Update to 1.7.14 | CVE-2023-5469 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ≤1.9.2No patch available | CVE-2023-33999 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.7.10Update to 1.7.11 | CVE-2023-23833 | |
| Medium6.3 | Missing Authorization Checks all versionsNo patch available | CVE-2022-4974 | |
| High8.8 | Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update <3.1.7Update to 3.1.7 | — |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
≤1.7.13Update to 1.7.14
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
≤1.9.2No patch available
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.7.10Update to 1.7.11
- Medium6.3Missing Authorization Checks
all versionsNo patch available
- High8.8Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update
<3.1.7Update to 3.1.7
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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