Pexels Plugin up to 1.2.2 on WordPress unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Pexels Plugin up to 1.2.2 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-6132. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Pexels Plugin up to 1.2.2 on WordPress. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Pexels: Free Stock Photos plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'pexels_fsp_images_options_validate' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level and above permissions, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-6132 since 06/18/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/20/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1608.002 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/18/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-6132 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6132
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-268913

Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2024 21:17
Updated: 06/20/2024 01:24
Changes: 06/18/2024 21:17 (50), 06/19/2024 11:55 (12), 06/20/2024 01:24 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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