CVE-2024-31277
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 · uneditedDeserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in PickPlugins Product Designer.This issue affects Product Designer: from n/a through 1.0.32.
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 confidenceThis is a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the PickPlugins Product Designer WordPress plugin. The vulnerability affects versions up to and including 1.0.32, allowing attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or conduct other malicious activities by injecting malicious serialized data.
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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
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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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Verify PickPlugins Product Designer is installedCheck your WordPress installation under wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'product-designer' or check the Plugins page in the WordPress admin dashboardAffected if The plugin folder exists or the plugin appears in the WordPress plugins list
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > PickPlugins Product Designer and read the version number from the plugin details. Alternatively, open wp-content/plugins/product-designer/readme.txt and check the 'Stable tag' line, or inspect the main plugin PHP file for a 'Version:' header commentAffected if A version number is found in the plugin files or WordPress admin
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Compare version against affected rangeCompare the identified version to the affected range: any version from 1.0.0 through 1.0.32 (including 1.0.32) is vulnerable. Versions 1.0.33 and later are patchedAffected if The installed version is 1.0.32 or lower (e.g., 1.0.31, 1.0.30, etc.)
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Check if deserialization input points are accessibleReview the plugin's AJAX endpoints or public-facing forms that may accept serialized data. Check wp-content/plugins/product-designer/ for PHP files handling unserialize() calls on user input. Inspect any import/load functionality that processes user-supplied dataAffected if The plugin processes serialized data from unauthenticated or authenticated users without validation
You are affected if the PickPlugins Product Designer plugin is installed and the version is 1.0.32 or any earlier version, particularly if the plugin's import or data-handling features are accessible to users.
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 to the latest patched version of PickPlugins Product Designer as soon as available; if no patch exists, consider removing or disabling the plugin until a fix is released, and implement additional input validation around any deserialization operations.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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