Jetpack <= 12.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Manipulation

Improper Input Validation

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE	CVE-2023-2996
CVSS	Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published	May 30, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Miguel Neto

Description

The Jetpack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file manipulation in versions up to, and including, 12.1. This is due to insufficient validation on data being supplied to the media API endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level permissions and above, to modify arbitrary files in the WordPress Installation.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	jetpack (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	10.0 - 10.0 10.1 - 10.1 10.2 - 10.2.1 10.3 - 10.3 10.4 - 10.4 10.5 - 10.5.1 10.6 - 10.6.1 10.7 - 10.7 10.8 - 10.8 10.9 - 10.9.1 11.0 - 11.0 11.1 - 11.1.2 11.2 - 11.2 11.3 - 11.3.2 11.4 - 11.4 11.5 - 11.5.1 11.6 - 11.6 11.7 - 11.7.1 11.8 - 11.8.4 11.9 - 11.9.1 12.0 - 12.0 12.1 - 12.1 2.0 - 2.0.8 2.1 - 2.1.6 2.2 - 2.2.9 2.3 - 2.3.9 2.4 - 2.4.6 2.5 - 2.5.4 2.6 - 2.6.5 2.7 - 2.7.4 2.8 - 2.8.4 2.9 - 2.9.5 3.0 - 3.0.5 3.1 - 3.1.4 3.2 - 3.2.4 3.3 - 3.3.5 3.4 - 3.4.5 3.5 - 3.5.5 3.6 - 3.6.3 3.7 - 3.7.4 3.8 - 3.8.4 3.9 - 3.9.8 4.0 - 4.0.5 4.1 - 4.1.2 4.2 - 4.2.3 4.3 - 4.3.3 4.4 - 4.4.3 4.5 - 4.5.1 4.6 - 4.6.1 4.7 - 4.7.2 4.8 - 4.8.3 4.9 - 4.9.1 5.0 - 5.0.1 5.1 - 5.1.2 5.2 - 5.2.3 5.3 - 5.3.2 5.4 - 5.4.2 5.5 - 5.5.3 5.6 - 5.6.3 5.7 - 5.7.3 5.8 - 5.8.2 5.9 - 5.9.2 6.0 - 6.0.2 6.1 - 6.1.3 6.2 - 6.2.3 6.3 - 6.3.5 6.4 - 6.4.4 6.5 - 6.5.2 6.6 - 6.6.3 6.7 - 6.7.2 6.8 - 6.8.3 6.9 - 6.9.2 7.0 - 7.0.3 7.1 - 7.1.3 7.2 - 7.2.3 7.3 - 7.3.3 7.4 - 7.4.3 7.5 - 7.5.5 7.6 - 7.6.2 7.7 - 7.7.4 7.8 - 7.8.2 7.9 - 7.9.2 8.0 - 8.0.1 8.1 - 8.1.2 8.2 - 8.2.4 8.3 - 8.3.1 8.4 - 8.4.3 8.5 - 8.5.1 8.6 - 8.6.2 8.7 - 8.7.2 8.8 - 8.8.3 8.9 - 8.9.2 9.0 - 9.0.3 9.1 - 9.1.1 9.2 - 9.2.2 9.3 - 9.3.3 9.4 - 9.4.2 9.5 - 9.5.3 9.6 - 9.6.2 9.7 - 9.7.1 9.8 - 9.8.1 9.9 - 9.9.1
Patched Version	10.0.1 10.1.1 10.2.2 10.3.1 10.4.1 10.5.2 10.6.2 10.7.1 10.8.1 10.9.2 11.0.1 11.1.3 11.2.1 11.3.3 11.4.1 11.5.2 11.6.1 11.7.2 11.8.5 11.9.2 12.0.1 12.1.1 2.0.9 2.1.7 2.2.10 2.3.10 2.4.7 2.5.5 2.6.6 2.7.5 2.8.5 2.9.6 3.0.6 3.1.5 3.2.5 3.3.6 3.4.6 3.5.6 3.6.4 3.7.5 3.8.5 3.9.9 4.0.6 4.1.3 4.2.4 4.3.4 4.4.4 4.5.2 4.6.2 4.7.3 4.8.4 4.9.2 5.0.2 5.1.3 5.2.4 5.3.3 5.4.3 5.5.4 5.6.4 5.7.4 5.8.3 5.9.3 6.0.3 6.1.4 6.2.4 6.3.6 6.4.5 6.5.3 6.6.4 6.7.3 6.8.4 6.9.3 7.0.4 7.1.4 7.2.4 7.3.4 7.4.4 7.5.6 7.6.3 7.7.5 7.8.3 7.9.3 8.0.2 8.1.3 8.2.5 8.3.2 8.4.4 8.5.2 8.6.3 8.7.3 8.8.4 8.9.3 9.0.4 9.1.2 9.2.3 9.3.4 9.4.3 9.5.4 9.6.3 9.7.2 9.8.2 9.9.2

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