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Geo Controller <= 8.6.4 — Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via shortcode REST API Route

CVE-2024-3591Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤8.6.4Update to 8.6.5 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-502 PHP Object Injection
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Geo Controller – Geolocation & Geotargeting cf-geoplugin

  1. Affected≤ 8.6.4
  2. Patched in8.6.5

Update to 8.6.5 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 8.6.4. Version 8.6.5 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Geo Controller – Geolocation & Geotargeting.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 8.6.5, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Geo Controller – Geolocation & Geotargeting to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to fuyoumingyan.

The Geo Controller plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 8.6.4 via deserialization of untrusted input supplied via the '/cache/shortcode' REST API route. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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. CVE-2024-30227 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Geo Controller – Geolocation & Geotargeting

All 8
More vulnerabilities in Geo Controller – Geolocation & Geotargeting
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High8.1Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
≤8.9.8Update to 8.9.9
CVE-2026-78286
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
≤8.9.5Update to 8.9.6
CVE-2025-62109
Medium4.3Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Menu Creation/Deletion
≤8.7.3Update to 8.7.4
CVE-2024-7380
Medium5.3Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Shortcode Execution
≤8.6.9Update to 8.7.0
CVE-2024-7381
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤8.6.4Update to 8.6.5
CVE-2024-30451

Same weakness (PHP Object Injection)

All PHP Object Injection
Other PHP Object Injection vulnerabilities
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header
EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup≤5.25.25Update to 5.26.45
CVE-2026-120688
Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission
Chatterbug Forms – Fast, Flexible WordPress Form Builder≤1.0.2Update to 1.1
CVE-2026-125055
Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System≤3.3.9Update to 3.4.0
CVE-2026-119077
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce≤5.127.0Update to 5.128.0
CVE-2026-121518

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
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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Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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