Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin <= 3.1.6 - Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

2015-05-15 00:00

Anton Kulpinov

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.1.7

Affected PluginAwesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin

Affected Version< 3.1.7

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2015-9318

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Vulnerability Overview

The awesome-support plugin before 3.1.7 for WordPress has a security issue in which shortcodes are allowed in replies.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.1.7, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')) The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9318 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fd7916f3-7844-4f3f-87ae-a8a66a9f3dec

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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