WordPress Plugins Critical Vulnerabilities- 20240822001¶
Overview¶
The WA SOC has been made aware of vulnerabilities present within versions of the GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. The additional presence of a POP chain allows attackers to execute code remotely, and to delete arbitrary files.
What is vulnerable?¶
| Product(s) Affected | Version(s) | CVE | CVSS | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plugin “GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform” | \< 3.14.2 | CVE-2024-5932 | 10 | Critical |
| Plugin “LiteSpeed Cache” | \< 6.4 | CVE-2024-28000 | 9.8 | Critical |
What has been observed?¶
There is no evidence of exploitation affecting Western Australian Government networks at the time of publishing.
Recommendation¶
The WA SOC recommends administrators apply the solutions as per vendor instructions to all affected devices within expected timeframe of 48 hours (refer Patch Management):
- Wordfence Intelligence article: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/give/givewp-donation-plugin-and-fundraising-platform-3141-unauthenticated-php-object-injection-to-remote-code-execution
Additional References¶
- CyberSecurity News: https://securityonline.info/cve-2024-5932-cvss-10-critical-rce-vulnerability-impacts-100k-wordpress-sites/
- PatchStack: https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/litespeed-cache/wordpress-litespeed-cache-plugin-6-3-0-1-unauthenticated-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve