Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator: A security weakness
Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator 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.
- Component
- Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator
- Plugin slug
video-embed-&-thumbnail-generator- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 19, 2012
This CVE was published Mar 19, 2012 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator 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
The Media Upload form in the Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator plugin before 2.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via unknown vectors.
NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N