Wpsymposium WP Symposium up to 11.9.16 File Upload memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Wpsymposium WP Symposium up to 11.9.16 (WordPress Plugin). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in the WP Symposium plugin before 11.12.24 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension using (1) uploadify/upload_admin_avatar.php or (2) uploadify/upload_profile_avatar.php, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory inside the webroot.

The weakness was shared 01/04/2012 with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at wpsymposium-trac.sourcerepo.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-5051 since 01/04/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 11.9.17 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (72012).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Upgrade: WP Symposium 11.9.17

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12/28/2011 🔍
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01/04/2012 +7 days 🔍
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01/17/2012 +13 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1161 days 🔍
11/28/2021 +2442 days 🔍

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Advisory: 265
Organization: Secunia Research
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CVE: CVE-2011-5051 (🔍)
X-Force: 72012
Vulnerability Center: 34237 - WordPress Symposium Plugin Remote Code Execution via Uploading a Malicious Script, Medium
SecurityFocus: 51188 - WordPress WP Symposium Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 46097 - WordPress WP Symposium Plugin Two Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 78041

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/28/2021 16:39
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (53), 04/09/2017 13:26 (13), 11/28/2021 16:39 (3)
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