Security restrictions bypass in WordPress - CVE-2018-10101

 

Security restrictions bypass in WordPress - CVE-2018-10101

Published: May 8, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12401
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10101
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: WordPress.ORG
Affected software:
WordPress

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to the URL validator assumed URLs with the hostname localhost were on the same host as the WordPress server. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-10101

Update to version 4.9.5.

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