CVE-2024-56283
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 plainware Locatoraid Store Locator locatoraid allows Object Injection.This issue affects Locatoraid Store Locator: from n/a through <= 3.9.50.
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 Locatoraid Store Locator plugin contains a PHP Object Injection vulnerability due to unsafe deserialization of untrusted data. User-supplied input is passed to PHP's unserialize() function without proper validation, which could allow remote code execution if magic methods exist in the application or its loaded libraries.
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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
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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 Locatoraid Store Locator plugin is installedCheck your WordPress plugins directory or admin panel for the Locatoraid Store Locator plugin. Look for files with 'locatoraid' in the path under wp-content/plugins/Affected if The plugin is present in the environment
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Identify the installed plugin versionRead the main plugin file (usually locatoraid.php or similar) and look for the Version header in the plugin comment block, or check the version in the plugin's readme.txtAffected if The version cannot be determined or is unknown - treat as potentially affected
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Search for unsafe unserialize() calls in plugin codeGrep the plugin directory for 'unserialize' patterns: grep -r "unserialize" /path/to/wp-content/plugins/locatoraid/Affected if Any unserialize() calls are found in the plugin code
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Check if user input reaches unserialize()Review the unserialize() calls found and trace whether $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, or $_REQUEST parameters flow into these calls. Look for patterns like unserialize($_POST['param'])Affected if User-supplied input (from request parameters) is passed directly to unserialize()
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Identify if magic methods exist in the plugin or loaded librariesSearch for PHP magic methods in the plugin code: grep -rE "__destruct|__wakeup|__toString|__call|__invoke" /path/to/wp-content/plugins/locatoraid/Affected if The plugin contains magic methods that could be triggered during deserialization
Your environment is affected if the Locatoraid Store Locator plugin is installed AND user-controlled input is passed to unserialize() in the plugin code, especially when magic methods are present that could enable code execution.
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 dataReplace unsafe unserialize() calls with json_decode() for handling user input, or implement a strict whitelist of allowed classes if serialization is required. Identify and audit all deserialization points in the codebase and verify no other untrusted data paths exist.
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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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