CVE-2012-5318 - Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting

CVE-2012-5318

Summary

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting plugin 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a double extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the directory specified by the folder parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1125. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html 'CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type'

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:kishore_asokan:kish_guest_posting_plugin:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:kishore_asokan:kish_guest_posting_plugin:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	6.8 (as of 09-10-2012 - 04:00)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

refmap via4

mlist	[oss-security] 20120308 Re: CVE-request: Kish Guest Posting Plugin for WordPress File Upload Remote PHP Code Execution
secunia	47688

Last major update

09-10-2012 - 04:00

Published

08-10-2012 - 17:55

Last modified

09-10-2012 - 04:00