Improper Authentication in Ghost Ghost



Published: 2019-09-17 | Updated: 2020-07-17
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-10983
CWE-ID CWE-287
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Ghost
Web applications / CMS

Vendor Ghost

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Improper Authentication

EUVDB-ID: #VU30745

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10983

CWE-ID:

Exploit availability:

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

The ghost plugin before 0.5.6 for WordPress has no access control for wp-admin/tools.php?ghostexport=true downloads of exported data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ghost: 0.5.0 - 0.5.5

Fixed software versions

CPE2.3 External links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136887/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/ghost/#developers


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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