CVE-2024-29800 HIGH

CVE-2024-29800: WordPress Timber plugin <= 1.23.0 - Deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability

Vendor Timber Team & Contributors

Product Timber

Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization

Published May 9, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

8.0/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity High

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Timber Team & Contributors Timber.This issue affects Timber: from n/a through 1.23.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Timber versions up to 1.23.0 contain a deserialization vulnerability in how they process untrusted data. An attacker with high-level privileges can craft malicious serialized objects that, when deserialized by the application, execute arbitrary code on the server. This affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Run arbitrary code on the server with the privileges of the web application.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

A compromised admin account could lead to full site takeover, data theft, or malware injection.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level administrative or privileged access to the Timber installation.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 9, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29800 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html AskarLabs — CWE-502 write-up Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2024-29800

CWE CWE-502

CVSS 8.0 / HIGH

Affected versions