CVE-2024-12600
Published: 25 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-12600 is a high-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 20.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-6 (Least Privilege) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-12600 is a PHP Object Injection vulnerability (CWE-502) affecting the Custom Product Tabs Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress in all versions up to and including 1.9.0. The flaw arises from deserialization of untrusted input via the 'frs_woo_product_tabs' parameter, enabling authenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts under specific conditions.
Authenticated attackers with Shop Manager-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity. While no known Proof-of-Concept (POP) chain exists within the vulnerable plugin itself, the injection could be leveraged if a POP chain is available through an additional plugin or theme on the target system, potentially allowing arbitrary file deletion, sensitive data retrieval, or remote code execution.
Advisories and references, including Wordfence's threat intelligence and WordPress plugin trac details, point to a patch in changeset 3226839, which addresses the deserialization issue around line 372 in the plugin's main file. Security practitioners should update to a patched version of the plugin via the WordPress repository to mitigate the risk.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-50990
Vulnerability details
The Custom Product Tabs Lite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.0 via deserialization of untrusted input from the 'frs_woo_product_tabs' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers,…
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with Shop Manager-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
PHP object injection in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation for RCE/file ops via deserialization.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Requires timely remediation of flaws such as the PHP object deserialization vulnerability in the Custom Product Tabs Lite plugin via patching to version beyond 1.9.0.
Mandates validation of untrusted inputs like the 'frs_woo_product_tabs' parameter to block malicious serialized PHP objects before deserialization.
Enforces least privilege to restrict Shop Manager-level access, preventing authenticated attackers from exploiting the object injection vulnerability.