RCE in Stevehenty Drop Shadow Boxes

CVE-2024-10262

The The Drop Shadow Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.14. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-10262?
CVE-2024-10262 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Stevehenty Drop Shadow Boxes, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-10262?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.