Knowledge Base for Documentation, FAQs with AI Assistance <= 11.30.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection in is_article_recently_viewed

Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVE CVE-2024-24842
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published February 2, 2024
Last Updated February 5, 2024
Researcher Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)
Description

The Knowledge Base for Documentation, FAQs with AI Assistance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 11.30.2 via deserialization of untrusted input in the is_article_recently_viewed function. 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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug echo-knowledge-base (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 11.30.2
Patched Version
  • 11.31.0
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