WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2011-3129 Modified

WordPress component: A security weakness

WordPress component is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 9.3 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 9.3 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
WordPress component
Plugin slug
Core
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Aug 10, 2011
Weakness
CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

This CVE was published Aug 10, 2011 and is one of 45 known issues for WordPress core.

What to do

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update WordPress component to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Source record

Technical description

The file upload functionality in WordPress 3.1 before 3.1.3 and 3.2 before Beta 2, when running "on hosts with dangerous security settings," has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to dangerous filenames.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Primary and upstream sources