CVE-2018-20148 (GCVE-0-2018-20148)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-14 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, contributors could conduct PHP object injection attacks via crafted metadata in a wp.getMediaItem XMLRPC call. This is caused by mishandling of serialized data at phar:// URLs in the wp_get_attachment_thumb_file function in wp-includes/post.php.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/v… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://blog.secarma.co.uk/labs/near-phar-dangero… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9171 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-vulnerabi… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2018-12-14 00:00
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