WordPress Core < 4.9 - Insecure Deserialization

8.8
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVE CVE-2017-1000600
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published August 16, 2018
Last Updated February 7, 2024
Researcher Sam Thomas

Description

WordPress version <4.9 contains a CWE-20 Input Validation vulnerability in thumbnail processing that can result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via thumbnail upload by an authenticated user and may require additional plugins in order to be exploited however this has not been confirmed at this time. This issue appears to have been partially, but not completely fixed in WordPress 4.9

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1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 4.9
Patched Version
  • 4.9

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