Category and Page Icons <= 0.9.1 - Arbitrary File Upload and Deletion

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published September 29, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher KingSkrupellos
Description

The Category and Page Icons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload and Deletion due to a directory traversal weakness and missing file type validation in the wpdev-flash-uploader.php file in versions up to, and including, 0.9.1. This makes it possible for attackers to delete arbitrary files and upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug category-page-icons (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 0.9.1
Patched Version
  • 0.9.2
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