Description

WordPress Plugin Cool Video Gallery is prone to a command injection vulnerability because it fails to properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands within the context of the vulnerable application. WordPress Plugin Cool Video Gallery version 1.9 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.0 or latest

References

http://www.vapidlabs.com/advisory.php?v=158

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/9

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/420

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134626/WordPress-Cool-Video-Gallery-1.9-Command-Injection.html

https://wordpress.org/plugins/cool-video-gallery/changelog/

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2015-7527 CWE-94 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Code Execution