CVE-2013-4338

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4338
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-09-12 13:28:37 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionwp-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Version 3.6.1 « WordPress Codex af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 codex.wordpress.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: wordpress-3.6.1-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: wordpress-3.6.1-1.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2757-1 wordpress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
WordPress › WordPress 3.6.1 Maintenance and Security Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: wordpress-3.6.1-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Changeset 25325 – WordPress Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 core.trac.wordpress.org Exploit, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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