PT-2023-19527 · WordPress · Blog-In-Blog

István Márton + 1 · Published 2023-05-31 · Updated 2023-06-06 · CVE-2023-2435

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Blog-in-Blog plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.1.1

Description The issue allows editor-level and above attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server via a shortcode attribute, potentially bypassing access controls, obtaining sensitive data, or achieving code execution. This can be particularly problematic in scenarios where images and other supposedly "safe" file types can be uploaded and included.

Recommendations For Blog-in-Blog plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.1.1, update to a version that fixes this issue to prevent the inclusion and execution of arbitrary files on the server.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-2435

Affected Products

Blog-In-Blog

References · 5

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blog-in-blog/tags/1.1.1/blog-in-blog.php#L153 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2435 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2435 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3446931 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d53161ad-cc5f-4433-b288-a8095cdfd7db?source=cve · Note