PT-2018-5275 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2018-09-06 · Updated 2018-10-26 · CVE-2017-1000600

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 4.9

Description The issue is related to a CWE-20 Input Validation problem in thumbnail processing, which can lead to remote code execution. This can be exploited through thumbnail upload by an authenticated user. It may require additional plugins to be exploited, although this has not been confirmed. The issue was partially fixed in WordPress 4.9 but not completely resolved.

Recommendations For WordPress versions prior to 4.9, update to a version that completely fixes the issue, as WordPress 4.9 only partially addresses the problem.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-1000600

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 11

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000600 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000600 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000600 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000600 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000600 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000600 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000600 · Vendor Advisory
• https://theregister.co.uk/2018/08/20/php_unserialisation_wordpress_vuln · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000600 · Note
• https://youtu.be/GePBmsNJw6Y?t=1763 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105305 · Note