CVE-2012-1125

critical

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting plugin before 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the directory specified by the folder parameter.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79563

http://www.osvdb.org/78479

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/08/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/11

http://secunia.com/advisories/47688

http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/403694/kish-guest-posting/trunk/uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php

http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/kish-guest-posting/trunk/readme.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-10-08

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.11571