PT-2018-11163 · WordPress · Wp Live Chat Support

Riccardo Ten Cate · Published 2018-07-02 · Updated 2021-07-20 · CVE-2018-12426

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Live Chat Support Pro plugin versions prior to 8.0.07

Description The issue allows for unauthenticated Remote Code Execution due to inadequate validation of file types on the client-side. This can be exploited by sending a request to the "v1/remote upload" endpoint with a filename having a .php extension and specifying the content type as image/jpeg.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.0.07, update to version 8.0.07 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-12426

Affected Products

Wp Live Chat Support

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/RiieCco/write-ups/tree/master/CVE-2018-12426 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12426 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12426 · Vendor Advisory
• ❌ https://github.com/CodeCabin/wp-live-chat-support/blob/master/readme.txt · Note, Deleted
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9697 · Note