shortcodes-ultimate Plugin up to 5.0.0 on WordPress Filter input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in shortcodes-ultimate Plugin up to 5.0.0 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Filter. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-18580. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in shortcodes-ultimate Plugin up to 5.0.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Filter. 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 shortcodes-ultimate plugin before 5.0.1 for WordPress has remote code execution via a filter in a meta, post, or user shortcode.

The weakness was released 08/22/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-18580 since 08/21/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: shortcodes-ultimate Plugin 5.0.1

Timelineinfo

08/21/2019 🔍
08/22/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/23/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/01/2023 +1561 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordpress.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-18580 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-18580
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-140636

Entryinfo

Created: 08/23/2019 08:50
Updated: 12/01/2023 08:13
Changes: 08/23/2019 08:50 (37), 08/03/2020 15:03 (18), 12/01/2023 08:13 (4)
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