CVE-2024-49699
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 reputeinfosystems ARPrice arprice allows Object Injection.This issue affects ARPrice: from n/a through <= 4.1.3.
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 ARPrice WordPress plugin (versions up to 4.1.3) contains a PHP Object Injection vulnerability due to unsafe deserialization of untrusted data. Attackers can potentially inject malicious PHP objects by supplying crafted serialized data, which may lead to remote code execution depending on available gadgets in the application context.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 ARPrice plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'ARPrice' or 'ARPrice Lite'. Alternatively, check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for an arprice folder.Affected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Check installed ARPrice versionIn WordPress admin, view the plugin details to see the installed version number, or check the main plugin file header for the 'Version' tag.Affected if Version is 4.1.3 or lower (any version up to and including 4.1.3)
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Locate unsafe unserialize calls in plugin codeSearch PHP files in the arprice plugin directory for 'unserialize(' using grep or a file search tool. Common paths include /wp-content/plugins/arprice/Affected if Any unserialize() call is found processing data from $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, or other user-controlled sources
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Verify unserialize receives untrusted inputExamine the code around each unserialize() call found. Check if the data being deserialized comes directly or indirectly from request parameters, headers, or cookie values.Affected if User-supplied input (like $_REQUEST, $_POST, $_GET variables) flows into the unserialize() function without validation
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Check for available PHP gadget chainsReview other active plugins and theme code for classes with __wakeup, __destruct, or __toString methods that could be exploited as gadget chains for RCE.Affected if Other code in the WordPress environment contains exploitable magic methods that could be chained with the object injection
The environment is affected if ARPrice version 4.1.3 or lower is active AND the plugin contains unserialize() calls that process user-supplied data without validation.
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 dataUpgrade ARPrice to a version beyond 4.1.3, or if no patched version exists, locate and replace all unserialize() calls with safer alternatives such as json_decode() and implement proper input validation and sanitization.
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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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