PHP code injection in WP Maintenance Mode - CVE-2018-20156

 

PHP code injection in WP Maintenance Mode - CVE-2018-20156

Published: December 17, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16570
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20156
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Designmodocom
Affected software:
WP Maintenance Mode

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A remote "site administrator" attacker can execute arbitrary PHP code throughout a multisite network.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-20156

Update to version 2.0.7.

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