PDF Light Viewer Plugin up to 1.4.11 on WordPress Ghostscript command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PDF Light Viewer Plugin up to 1.4.11 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Ghostscript Handler. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2021-24684. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PDF Light Viewer Plugin up to 1.4.11 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Ghostscript Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 10/18/2021. The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-24684 since 01/14/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.4.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PDF Light Viewer Plugin 1.4.12

Timelineinfo

01/14/2021 🔍
10/18/2021 +276 days 🔍
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10/22/2021 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-24684 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-24684
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-184550

Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2021 18:25
Updated: 10/22/2021 14:34
Changes: 10/18/2021 18:25 (40), 10/22/2021 14:34 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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