CVE-2024-6297 CRITICAL

CVE-2024-6297: Several WordPress.org Plugins <= Various Versions - Injected Backdoor

Vendor Warfareplugins
Product Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare
Published June 25, 2024
Last update August 1, 2024

CVSS base score

10.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Several plugins for WordPress hosted on WordPress.org have been compromised and injected with malicious PHP scripts. A malicious threat actor compromised the source code of various plugins and injected code that exfiltrates database credentials and is used to create new, malicious, administrator users and send that data back to a server. Currently, not all plugins have been patched and we strongly recommend uninstalling the plugins for the time being and running a complete malware scan.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 25, 2024 CVE published
August 1, 2024 Record updated