Crayon Syntax Highlighter Plugin <= 1.13 - Remote File Inclusion

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published October 15, 2012
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Charlie Eriksen
Description

The Crayon Syntax Highlighter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 1.13 via the crayon_is_php_file function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to include remote files on the server, resulting in code execution.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug crayon-syntax-highlighter (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.13
Patched Version
  • 1.14
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