SecureMoz Security Audit <= 1.0.5 - PHP Object Injection

2015-09-05 00:00

Scott Arciszewski

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginSecureMoz Security Audit

Affected Version<= 1.0.5

CVSS6.6Medium

CVECVE-2015-6828

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Vulnerability Overview

The tweet_info function in class/__functions.php in the SecureMoz Security Audit plugin 1.0.5 and earlier for WordPress does not use an HTTPS session for downloading serialized data, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the client-server data stream.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6828 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e0a294c5-dc2f-4739-9519-ae2a1268ff55

CVSS Vector

6.6

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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