Geo Controller <= 8.6.9 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Shortcode Execution

Missing Authorization

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

CVE	CVE-2024-7381
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	September 4, 2024
Last Updated	September 24, 2024
Researcher	Lucio Sá

Description

The Geo Controller plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized shortcode execution due to missing authorization and capability checks on the ajax__shortcode_cache function in all versions up to, and including, 8.6.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes available on the target site.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	cf-geoplugin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 8.6.9
Patched Version	8.7.0

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