Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affecting wordpress package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
15.35% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WORDPRESS-363276
  • published10 Aug 2018
  • disclosed10 Aug 2018

Introduced: 10 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-14028  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-434  (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.