Affiliate Super Assistent <= 1.5.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2024-8478
CVSS High (7.3)
Publicly Published September 9, 2024
Last Updated September 10, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The The Affiliate Super Assistent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3. This is due to the software allowing users to supply arbitrary shortcodes in comments when the 'Parse comments' option is enabled. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug amazonsimpleadmin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.3
Patched Version
  • 1.5.4
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