CVE-2024-4038

Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro <= 5.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

6.5 Medium

The The Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro plugin for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.1. This is due to the plugin for WordPress allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.49%Up 0.4 points since May 10, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro <= 5.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Record: CVE-2024-4038
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-32603 6.5

Record: EUVD-2024-32603
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-789q-xfmh-gcrm 6.5

The The Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro plugin for WordPress...

Record: GHSA-789q-xfmh-gcrm
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.5

Record: CVE-2024-4038
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-4038 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Codewoogeek Back In Stock Notifier For Woocommerce | Woocommerce Waitlist Pro, published May 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.