Description

The Free Responsive Testimonials, Social Proof Reviews, and Customer Reviews – Stars Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.3 via the 'stars-testimonials-with-slider-and-masonry-grid' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary PHP 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 PHP files can be uploaded and included.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-11429

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.8

Affected Products

Vendor: galdub

Product: Free Responsive Testimonials, Social Proof Reviews, and Customer Reviews – Stars Testimonials

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 26.14% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68250b6c-22c8-494f-b0b0-62b80cc4de0c?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stars-testimonials-with-slider-and-masonry-grid/tags/3.3.2/plugin.class.php#L1368
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stars-testimonials-with-slider-and-masonry-grid/trunk/plugin.class.php#L1368

Timeline