Duplicator <= 1.2.41 - Sensitive Information Disclosure leading to Remote Code Execution

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2018-17207
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published August 29, 2018
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Thomas Chauchefoin, Julien Legras
Description

An issue was discovered in Duplicator before 1.2.42. By accessing leftover installer files (installer.php and installer-backup.php), an attacker can inject PHP code into wp-config.php during the database setup step, achieving arbitrary code execution.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug duplicator (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.40
Patched Version
  • 1.2.42
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