CVE-2018-17573

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The Wp-Insert plugin through 2.4.2 for WordPress allows upload of arbitrary PHP code because of the exposure and configuration of FCKeditor under fckeditor/editor/filemanager/browser/default/browser.html, fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/test.html, and fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/uploadtest.html.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-17573
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-09-28T05:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-11-23T19:01:08
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-434 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:smartlogix:wp-insert:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 2.4.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149568/WordPress-WP-Insert-2.4.2-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2018090255 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17573
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17573
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:51:49 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 12:39:30 2018-09-28T05:29Z 2018-09-28T05:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 12:39:30 2018-11-23T19:01:08 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 12:39:30 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated