What is CVE-2024-12040?

CVE-2024-12040 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wpwax Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate For Woocommerce, classified under PHP Remote File Inclusion. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-12040?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12040 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Wpwax Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate For Woocommerce

CVE-2024-12040

The Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.10 via the 'theme' attribute of the `wcpcsu` shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

EPSS: 0.008 (52.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Wpwax Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate For Woocommerce — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-98 — PHP Remote File Inclusion

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12040?: CVE-2024-12040 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wpwax Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate For Woocommerce, classified under PHP Remote File Inclusion. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-12040?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12040 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.