CVE-2012-1125

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1125
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-08 17:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUnrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting plugin before 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the directory specified by the folder parameter.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kishore Asokan Kish Guest Posting Plugin 1.0 All All All
Application Kishore Asokan Kish Guest Posting Plugin All All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
403 Forbidden af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.svn.wordpress.org
www.osvdb.org/78479 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
oss-security - CVE-request: Kish Guest Posting Plugin for WordPress File Upload Remote PHP Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
WordPress Guest Posting Plugin 'uploadify.php' Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE-request: Kish Guest Posting Plugin for WordPress File Upload Remote PHP Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-request: Kish Guest Posting Plugin for WordPress File Upload Remote PHP Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Wordpress Kish Guest Posting Plugin 1.0 Arbitrary File Upload af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
403 Forbidden af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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