🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2024-2006

HIGH 8.8

Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate – with Shortcode, Gutenberg Block & Elementor Widget <= 1.6.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection in outpost_shortcode_metabox_markup

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate – with Shortcode, Gutenberg Block & Elementor Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.7 via deserialization of untrusted input in the outpost_shortcode_metabox_markup function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

CWE CWE-502
Vendor wpwax
Product post grid, slider & carousel ultimate – with shortcode, gutenberg block & elementor widget
Published Mar 13, 2024
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
Stay Ahead of the Next One

Get instant alerts for wpwax post grid, slider & carousel ultimate – with shortcode, gutenberg block & elementor widget

Be the first to know when new high vulnerabilities affecting wpwax post grid, slider & carousel ultimate – with shortcode, gutenberg block & elementor widget are published — delivered to Slack, Telegram or Discord.

Get Free Alerts → Free · No credit card · 60 sec setup

CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

wpwax / Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate – with Shortcode, Gutenberg Block & Elementor Widget
0 ≤ 1.6.7

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8cf1b234-862b-41a0-ab63-a986f8023613?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-grid-carousel-ultimate/trunk/includes/classes/metabox.php#L43 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/post-grid-carousel-ultimate/tags/1.6.7&old=3045923&new_path=/post-grid-carousel-ultimate/tags/1.6.8&new=3045923&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Credits

Francesco Carlucci