Allwebmenus Plugin: A security weakness

Allwebmenus Plugin 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 7.5 CVSS · cve@mitre.org

NVD score 7.5 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: Allwebmenus Plugin
Plugin slug: allwebmenus-plugin
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Feb 07, 2012
Weakness: CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

This CVE was published Feb 07, 2012 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

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

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

actions.php in the AllWebMenus plugin 1.1.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code by setting the HTTP_REFERER to a certain value, then uploading a ZIP file containing a PHP file, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources