CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-1000773
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-09-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
WordPress version 4.9.8 and earlier contains a CWE-20 Input Validation vulnerability in thumbnail processing that can result in remote code execution due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000600. This attack appears to be exploitable via thumbnail upload by an authenticated user and may require additional plugins in order to be exploited however this has not been confirmed at this time.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 4.9.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105306 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/20/php_unserialisation_wordpress_vuln/ Third Party Advisory
- https://youtu.be/GePBmsNJw6Y?t=1763 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105306 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/20/php_unserialisation_wordpress_vuln/ Third Party Advisory
- https://youtu.be/GePBmsNJw6Y?t=1763 Third Party Advisory