User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End: Dangerous file upload
User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End is affected by dangerous file upload. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Successful exploitation can place attacker-controlled executable content on the server and may lead to full site compromise.
- Component
- User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End
- Plugin slug
user-submitted-posts- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 20, 2023
This CVE was published Dec 20, 2023 and is one of 11 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End 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.
Technical description
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Jeff Starr User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End.This issue affects User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End: from n/a through 20230902.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H