GiveWP WordPress Plugin PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

A deserialization vulnerability allowing PHP object injection has been identified in the GiveWP WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 3.19.3. This vulnerability could potentially lead to various types of code injection, including SQL injection, path traversal, and denial-of-service, especially if a suitable object injection chain is exploited.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow for PHP object injection, which is a type of vulnerability where an attacker can manipulate the deserialization process of objects in PHP. This could lead to arbitrary code execution, SQL injection, path traversal, denial-of-service, or other impacts, depending on the specific context and how the injected object is handled.

Remediation

Users of the GiveWP WordPress plugin should update to version 3.19.4 or later. Patchstack users can enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins.