Unauthenticated shortcode execution via unvalidated action input
Published Dec 13, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Code injection in WPMobile.App 11.52 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary WordPress shortcodes without authentication. An exposed action passes an insufficiently validated value to do_shortcode, although the public patch record does not name the action or parameter. Any remote attacker who can reach an affected WordPress site can invoke registered shortcodes, with effects bounded by the installed shortcode handlers.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in WPMobile.App 11.52 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary WordPress shortcodes without authentication. An exposed action passes an insufficiently validated value to do_shortcode, although the public patch record does not name the action or parameter. Any remote attacker who can reach an affected WordPress site can invoke registered shortcodes, with effects bounded by the installed shortcode handlers.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-12420
- Published
- Dec 13, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Amauri Champeaux
- Product
- WPMobile.App
- Classifications
- CWE-94, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=11.52
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