National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-3577
Original release date:06/17/2012
Last revised:06/20/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in doupload.php in the Nmedia Member Conversation plugin before 1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in wp-content/uploads/user_uploads.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: wp-nmedia-doupload-file-upload(76076)
External Source: BID
Name: 53790
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-nmedia-wordpress-member-conversation-shell-upload-vulnerability.html
External Source: MISC
Name: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-member-private-conversation/changelog/
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 49375
Type: Advisory
External Source: MISC
Name: http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113287/WordPress-Nmedia-WP-Member-Conversation-1.35.0-Shell-Upload.html
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)