Chocolate WP – Responsive Photography Theme (All Versions) - Remote File Inclusion

2013-01-24 00:00
Eugene Dokukin

Vulnerability Overview

The Chocolate WP – Responsive Photography Theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote File Inclusion in all versions due to inclusion of a vulnerable version of TimThumb. This allows unauthenticated attackers to include remote files on the server, resulting in code execution.

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-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')) The PHP application receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before its usage in require, include, or similar functions.

External References

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