CVE-2018-20148
In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, contributors could conduct PHP object injection attacks via crafted metadata in a wp.getMediaItem XMLRPC call. This is caused by mishandling of serialized data at phar:// URLs in the wp_get_attachment_thumb_file function in wp-includes/post.php.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 9.8 Critical
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2018-12-14
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502
Affected products
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220
- https://blog.secarma.co.uk/labs/near-phar-dangerous-unserialization-wherever-you-are
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9171
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-vulnerability-affects-a-third-of-most-popular-websites-online/
