CVE-2021-42362

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-42362
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-17 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-22 00:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe WordPress Popular Posts WordPress plugin is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient input file type validation found in the ~/src/Image.php file which makes it possible for attackers with contributor level access and above to upload malicious files that can be used to obtain remote code execution, in versions up to and including 5.3.2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-434

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Popular Posts Project Wordpress Popular Posts All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Improper input validation fixed in WordPress Popular Posts plugin. – NinTechNet MISC blog.nintechnet.com
Vulnerability Advisories - Wordfence MISC www.wordfence.com
Image: verifies that URLs are images · cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts@d9b274c · GitHub github.com
403 Forbidden MISC plugins.trac.wordpress.org
Attention Required! | Cloudflare MISC wpscan.com
WordPress Popular Posts 5.3.2 Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Original Researcher: Jerome Bruandet, NinTechNet Exploit Author: Simone Cristofaro

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