CVE-2012-5318 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-5318

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest...

Vulnerability Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting plugin 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a double extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the directory specified by the folder parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1125.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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References

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CVE-2012-1125
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest...
Medium 6.8

Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

kish guest posting plugin
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2

Timeline

Official Publish: October 8th, 2012
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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