Post Indexer Plugin up to 3.0.6.1 on WordPress unserialize input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Post Indexer Plugin up to 3.0.6.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this issue is the function unserialize. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Post Indexer plugin before 3.0.6.2 for WordPress has incorrect handling of data passed to the unserialize function.

The weakness was disclosed 09/13/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-10948 since 09/12/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 3.0.6.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry 141751 is pretty similar.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Post Indexer Plugin 3.0.6.2

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12/19/2023 +1557 days 🔍

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Advisory: advisories.dxw.com
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CVE: CVE-2016-10948 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/14/2019 09:13
Updated: 12/19/2023 18:14
Changes: 09/14/2019 09:13 (38), 08/23/2020 20:12 (18), 12/19/2023 18:14 (4)
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