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CVE-2018-14028

N/A

Description

In WordPress 4.9.7, plugins uploaded via the admin area are not verified as being ZIP files. This allows for PHP files to be uploaded. Once a PHP file is uploaded, the plugin extraction fails, but the PHP file remains in a predictable wp-content/uploads location, allowing for an attacker to then execute the file. This represents a security risk in limited scenarios where an attacker (who does have the required capabilities for plugin uploads) cannot simply place arbitrary PHP code into a valid plugin ZIP file and upload that plugin, because a machine's wp-content/plugins directory permissions were set up to block all new plugins.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published8/10/2018

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

wordpress:wordpress

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-434

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105060(cve@mitre.org)

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44710(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/rastating/wordpress-exploit-framework/pull/52(cve@mitre.org)

https://rastating.github.io/unrestricted-file-upload-via-plugin-uploader-in-wordpress/(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105060(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44710(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/rastating/wordpress-exploit-framework/pull/52(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://rastating.github.io/unrestricted-file-upload-via-plugin-uploader-in-wordpress/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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