Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.35 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

2020-03-13 00:00

WebARX Security

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 0.9.36

Affected PluginWPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging

Affected Version<= 0.9.35

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2020-36842

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Vulnerability Overview

The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the wpvivid_upload_import_files and wpvivid_upload_files AJAX actions that allows low-level authenticated attackers to upload zip files that can be subsequently extracted. This affects versions up to, and including 0.9.35.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 0.9.36, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type) The product allows the upload or transfer of dangerous file types that are automatically processed within its environment.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36842 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/de1da248-2e03-40fa-8997-7176dc06abc9

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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