wSecure Lite < 2.4 - Remote Code Execution

2016-08-02 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.4

Affected Pluginwsecure lite

Affected Version< 2.4

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2016-10960

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Vulnerability Overview

The wsecure plugin before 2.4 for WordPress has remote code execution via shell metacharacters in the wsecure-config.php publish parameter.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.4, 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-2016-10960 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bac57319-3b0c-4b83-af9e-7b5539ef087a

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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