onyx --cves cve-2018-20148
CVE-2018-20148
- score
- <0.1
- cvss
- 9.8
- epss
- 26.8%
- published
- 2018-12-14
- kev added
- —
- first seen
WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1 contain a PHP object injection caused by mishandling of serialized data at phar:// URLs in wp_get_attachment_thumb_file, letting contributors conduct remote code execution via crafted metadata, exploit requires contributor privileges.
Timeline
How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.
- Published
- Tracked by Onyx
- Public PoC
Exploit availability
Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.
Weaknesses
References 10
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-vulnerability-affects-a-third-of-most-popular-websites-online/
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9171
- https://blog.secarma.co.uk/labs/near-phar-dangerous-unserialization-wherever-you-are
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9
- https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401