Catalog Importer, Scraper & Crawler <= 5.1.4 - Unauthenticated PHP Code Injection
Vulnerability Description
The Catalog Importer, Scraper & Crawler plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP code injection in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.4. This is due to reliance on a guessable numeric token (e.g. ?key= 900001705) without proper authentication, combined with the unsafe use of eval() on user-supplied input. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server via a forged request granted they can guess or brute-force the numeric key.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Alexander Chikaylo
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3eb3533c-e33c-41db-b9cf-e9d71a0a5588?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/intelligent-importer/tags/5.1.4/megaimporter.php#L57
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/intelligent-importer/tags/5.1.4/communication.php#L20
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/intelligent-importer/tags/5.1.4/communication.php#L244
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/intelligent-importer/tags/5.1.4/communication.php#L272
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/intelligent-importer/tags/5.1.4/communication.php#L300
Affected Vendor
idiatech
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