Code Injection in WordPress - CVE-2003-1599

 

Code Injection in WordPress - CVE-2003-1599

Published: October 27, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41193
CSH Severity: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2003-1599
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: WordPress.ORG
Affected software:
WordPress

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in wp-links/links.all.php in WordPress 0.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the $abspath variable.


How to mitigate CVE-2003-1599

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources