rtMedia Plugin/BuddyPress Plugin/bbPress Plugin up to 4.6.15 on WordPress unrestricted upload

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.4$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in rtMedia Plugin, BuddyPress Plugin and bbPress Plugin up to 4.6.15 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-5931. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in rtMedia Plugin, BuddyPress Plugin and bbPress Plugin up to 4.6.15 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.16 does not validate files to be uploaded, which could allow attackers with a low-privilege account (e.g. subscribers) to upload arbitrary files such as PHP on the server

The weakness was disclosed 12/26/2023 by Krzysztof Zając. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-5931 since 11/02/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

Upgrading to version 4.6.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: rtMedia Plugin/BuddyPress Plugin/bbPress Plugin 4.6.16

Timelineinfo

11/02/2023 🔍
12/26/2023 +54 days 🔍
12/26/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/19/2024 +24 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Krzysztof Zając
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5931 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5931
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-249072

Entryinfo

Created: 12/26/2023 21:48
Updated: 01/19/2024 14:00
Changes: 12/26/2023 21:48 (41), 01/19/2024 14:00 (11)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to know what is going to be exploited?

We predict KEV entries!