QID 730731

Date Published: 2023-02-22

QID 730731: WordPress Plugin WpDiscuz Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability

WpDiscuz plugin changes your website commenting experience and provides you with new user engagement features.

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin, which allows unauthenticated users to upload any type of file, including PHP files via the wmuUploadFiles AJAX action.

Affected Versions:
WpDiscuz plugin versions from 7.0.0 prior to 7.0.5

QID Detection Logic(Unauthenticated): This unauthenticated detection depends on the BlindElephant engine to detect the vulnerable version of the WpDiscuz plugin.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an unauthenticated attacker to upload malicious file and execute code on the target system.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 10 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to install WpDiscuz 7.0.5 or later version to remediate this vulnerability.

Vendor References

WpDiscuz Release Notes - wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers

CVEs related to QID 730731

CVE-2020-24186 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
WpDiscuz Release Notes			wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers

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