Description

WordPress Plugin Simply Show Hooks contains malicous code. Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to create a new administrative user account, thus compromising the affected application, and possibly the webserver or computer. WordPress Plugin Simply Show Hooks version 1.2.1 is affected; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Disable and remove the plugin until a fix is available

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2024/06/supply-chain-attack-on-wordpress-org-plugins-leads-to-5-maliciously-compromised-wordpress-plugins/

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3106767

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2024-6297 CWE-506 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update