CVE-2018-20148

Impact

In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, contributors could conduct PHP object injection attacks via crafted metadata in a wp.getMediaItem XMLRPC call. This is caused by mishandling of serialized data at phar:// URLs in the wp_get_attachment_thumb_file function in wp-includes/post.php.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220
• https://blog.secarma.co.uk/labs/near-phar-dangerous-unserialization-wherever-you-are
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
• https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/
• https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9171
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-vulnerability-affects-a-third-of-most-popular-websites-online/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220
• https://blog.secarma.co.uk/labs/near-phar-dangerous-unserialization-wherever-you-are
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
• https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/
• https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9171
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-vulnerability-affects-a-third-of-most-popular-websites-online/