Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affecting wordpress package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
26.82% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-WORDPRESS-453783
  • published14 Dec 2018
  • disclosed14 Dec 2018

Introduced: 14 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20148  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-502  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 wordpress.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.