Description

WordPress Plugin WP Symposium is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers upload arbitrary files because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to upload arbitrary code and run it in the context of the webserver process. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin WP Symposium version 14.11 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 15.1 or latest

References

http://www.homelab.it/index.php/2014/12/11/wordpress-wp-symposium-shell-upload/

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35543/

http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2014/12/honeypot-alert-wordpress-wp-symposium-1411-unauthenticated-shell-upload-exploit-attempt.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129505/WordPress-WP-Symposium-14.11-Shell-Upload.html

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35778/

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2014-10021 CWE-434 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 Unauthenticated File Upload