PT-2014-2061 · WordPress · Wordpress

Henri Salo · Published 2014-10-27 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2003-1599

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress version 0.70

Description A remote file inclusion issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the abspath variable.

Recommendations For WordPress version 0.70, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the links.all.php file in the wp-links directory until a patch is available. Avoid using the abspath variable in URLs to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-1599

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 7

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/06/3 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1599 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/4611 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/7785 · Note
• http://kernelpanik.org/docs/kernelpanik/wordpressadv.txt · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-1599 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12205 · Note