VaultPress Plugin 1.8.4 on WordPress code injection

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in VaultPress Plugin 1.8.4 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to code injection. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The weakness was presented 03/01/2017 by David Vaartjes as VaultPress - Remote Code Execution via Man in The Middle attack as Mailinglist Post (Full-Disclosure). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-20086. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There are no technical details available. There is no exploit available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK. It is declared as not defined. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $0-$5k. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Field03/01/2017 17:3908/18/2020 09:4306/19/2022 18:00
nameVaultPress PluginVaultPress PluginVaultPress Plugin
version1.8.41.8.41.8.4
platformWordPressWordPressWordPress
risk222
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cvss2_vuldb_tempscore5.75.75.7
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cvss3_vuldb_iLLL
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date1488326400 (03/01/2017)1488326400 (03/01/2017)1488326400 (03/01/2017)
locationFull-DisclosureFull-DisclosureFull-Disclosure
typeMailinglist PostMailinglist PostMailinglist Post
urlhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/95http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/95http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/95
identifierVaultPress - Remote Code Execution via Man in The Middle attackVaultPress - Remote Code Execution via Man in The Middle attackVaultPress - Remote Code Execution via Man in The Middle attack
person_nameDavid VaartjesDavid VaartjesDavid Vaartjes
price_0day$0-$5k$0-$5k$0-$5k
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cvss3_vuldb_rcRRR
cvss2_vuldb_auSSS
cvss3_vuldb_prLLL
typeWordPress PluginWordPress Plugin
cwe094 (code injection)94 (code injection)
cveCVE-2017-20086
responsibleVulDB

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