CVE-2020-36705 (GCVE-0-2020-36705)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-07 12:43 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:50
VLAI?
Title
Adning Advertising <= 1.5.5 - Arbitrary File Upload
Summary
The Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the _ning_upload_image function in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tunafish Adning Advertising Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.5.5 (semver)
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Credits
Jerome Bruandet
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