CVE-2024-10640
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe The FOX – Currency Switcher Professional for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2.2. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe FOX Currency Switcher Professional plugin for WooCommerce fails to properly validate user input before passing it to WordPress' do_shortcode() function. Unauthenticated attackers can supply crafted input that gets processed as arbitrary shortcodes, potentially exposing sensitive data, injecting malicious content, or abusing functionality exposed through other plugins' shortcodes.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm the plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin Plugins page and locate 'FOX Currency Switcher Professional' or check the plugin files in /wp-content/plugins/ for a currency-switcher folderAffected if The plugin is not installed on the WordPress site
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Determine the installed versionCheck the plugin version in the plugin header (typically in the main PHP file) or in the WordPress plugin admin listAffected if The installed version is lower than 1.4.2.3 (the patched version)
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Verify the plugin is activeCheck the WordPress Plugins admin page to confirm the plugin status shows as 'Active'Affected if The plugin is currently active and the version is below 1.4.2.3
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Confirm shortcode processing is enabledThe vulnerability stems from user input being passed to do_shortcode(); confirm the plugin's currency switching functionality uses shortcodes (typically [currency_switcher] or similar)Affected if Shortcode functionality is enabled and the plugin version is vulnerable
A site is affected if the FOX Currency Switcher Professional plugin is installed, active, and running a version earlier than 1.4.2.3, allowing unauthenticated shortcode injection.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the plugin to version 1.4.2.3 or later. If no patched version is available, disable the plugin until a fix is released, as the vulnerability is exploitable by any unauthenticated user.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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