Deserialization of Untrusted DataWeakness · CWE-502

CVE-2024-31277

HIGH · 8.7 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-04-07
Mitigation only
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96/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Deserialization 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 confidence

This 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.

MitigationUpdate 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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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify PickPlugins Product Designer is installed
    Check your WordPress installation under wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'product-designer' or check the Plugins page in the WordPress admin dashboard
    Affected if The plugin folder exists or the plugin appears in the WordPress plugins list
  2. Identify the installed plugin version
    In 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 comment
    Affected if A version number is found in the plugin files or WordPress admin
  3. Compare version against affected range
    Compare 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 patched
    Affected if The installed version is 1.0.32 or lower (e.g., 1.0.31, 1.0.30, etc.)
  4. Check if deserialization input points are accessible
    Review 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 data
    Affected 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.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update 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.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,930
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