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ubuntu-cve-2013-4338

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2013-09-12 13:28

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 3.6.1 does not properly determine whether data has been serialized, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering erroneous PHP unserialize operations.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4338	REPORT
	http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25325	REPORT
	http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/	REPORT
	http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4338	REPORT

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CVE-2013-4338 (GCVE-0-2013-4338)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-12 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

7 references

URL	Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25325	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

Date Public

2013-09-11 00:00

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2013-4338 (GCVE-0-2013-4338)

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