WordPress Core < 3.1.3 - Media Related Security Issue

2011-05-25 00:00

Richard Lundeen of Microsoft

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.2

Affected CoreWordPress 3.1

Affected Version<= 3.1.2

CVSS6.3Medium

CVECVE-2011-3122

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Vulnerability Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in WordPress 3.1 before 3.1.3 and 3.2 before Beta 2 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to "Media security."

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3122 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d0529df-70be-4559-a760-5537e0fd4d1e

CVSS Vector

6.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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