Custom Content Type Manager <= 0.9.8.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Remote Code Execution

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2015-3173
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published May 21, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Iain Wallace
Description

The Custom Content Type Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 0.9.8.5 via the "Visibility Control" settings which passes values through eval. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to execute code on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug custom-content-type-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 0.9.8.5
Patched Version
  • 0.9.8.6
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