Code Injection in Media Library Assistant - CVE-2020-11928
Published: April 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27020
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11928
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the "tax_query", "meta_query" and "date_query" parameters of the [mla_gallery] shortcode. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Media Library Assistant
How to mitigate CVE-2020-11928
Install updates from vendor's website.
Media Library Assistant - update to 2.82