Starter Templates by Kadence WP <= 1.2.16 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHP Object Injection

6.6
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVE CVE-2022-3679
CVSS 6.6 (Medium)
Publicly Published December 1, 2022
Last Updated December 23, 2022
Researcher Nguyen Pham Viet Nam

Description

The Starter Templates by Kadence WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.2.16 via the 'import_customizer_options' function. This allows authenticated users with administratior-level capabilities to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. 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.

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Vulnerability Details for AI Powered Starter Templates by Kadence WP

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug kadence-starter-templates (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2.17, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.16
Patched Version
  • 1.2.17

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