Code Injection in Ad Inserter - Ad Manager & AdSense Ads - CVE-2019-15324
Published: August 27, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20406
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:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15324
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Igor Funa
Affected software:
Ad Inserter - Ad Manager & AdSense Ads
Ad Inserter - Ad Manager & AdSense Ads
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in "current_user_can()" function. A remote authenticated attacker can compromise a valid nonce for the "ai_ajax_backend" action with special cookie and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Note:
Cookie: AI_WP_DEBUGGING=2
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15324
Install updates from vendor's website.