01 Record
CVE-2024-8672
Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin <= 4.0.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score9.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin <= 4.0.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 45.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-11-28 09:47Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 17:06Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-09-10
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 92fba2ddbca213ba750ad66a7ad78ae7d732cee9fc935f418edbf23f2a96a963
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
marketingfireWidget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets0 to 4.0.7—
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8d03af4d-a1f9-4c15-a62e-f4cdbcfc9af7?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-options/trunk/includes/widgets/gutenberg/gutenberg-toolbar.php#L718
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-options/trunk/includes/pagebuilders/beaver/beaver.php#L825
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-options/trunk/includes/pagebuilders/elementor/render.php#L379
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3192921%40widget-options&new=3192921%40widget-options&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=