Unauthenticated shortcode execution via comment processing
Published Oct 15, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Code injection in AADMY – Add Auto Date Month Year Into Posts 2.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The comment-text filter passes untrusted comment content to WordPress do_shortcode without restricting the commenter or validating the shortcode value. No account is required; any shortcode registered by the site can run when an unauthorized comment is processed, exposing that shortcode's data-changing or disclosure behavior.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in AADMY – Add Auto Date Month Year Into Posts 2.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The comment-text filter passes untrusted comment content to WordPress do_shortcode without restricting the commenter or validating the shortcode value. No account is required; any shortcode registered by the site can run when an unauthorized comment is processed, exposing that shortcode's data-changing or disclosure behavior.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-9837
- Published
- Oct 15, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Numan Rasheed
- Product
- AADMY – Add Auto Date Month Year Into Posts
- Classifications
- CWE-94
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 15, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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