CVE-2025-24671
Published: 27 January 2025
Description
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-24671 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the WordPress plugin "Save as PDF by Pdfcrowd" developed by Pdfcrowd Dev Team. The flaw enables Object Injection and affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 4.4.0. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating critical severity due to its potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Remote attackers require no privileges or user interaction to exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity. Successful exploitation via untrusted data deserialization can lead to object injection, allowing attackers to achieve high-impact outcomes such as unauthorized data access, modification, or denial of service, as reflected in the CVSS metrics.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/save-as-pdf-by-pdfcrowd/vulnerability/wordpress-save-as-pdf-plugin-by-pdfcrowd-plugin-4-4-0-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the vulnerability in the context of the WordPress plugin, with recommendations for mitigation typically including updating to a patched version beyond 4.4.0.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Remote unauthenticated deserialization/object injection vulnerability in a public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application without credentials or user interaction.