Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affecting wordpress package, versions *
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- published10 Aug 2018
- disclosed10 Aug 2018
Introduced: 10 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-14028 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:9 wordpress.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
In WordPress 4.9.7, plugins uploaded via the admin area are not verified as being ZIP files. This allows for PHP files to be uploaded. Once a PHP file is uploaded, the plugin extraction fails, but the PHP file remains in a predictable wp-content/uploads location, allowing for an attacker to then execute the file. This represents a security risk in limited scenarios where an attacker (who does have the required capabilities for plugin uploads) cannot simply place arbitrary PHP code into a valid plugin ZIP file and upload that plugin, because a machine's wp-content/plugins directory permissions were set up to block all new plugins.