Page Builder: KingComposer < 2.9.4 - Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2020-36701
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published June 15, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The Page Builder: KingComposer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Uploads in versions up to, and including, 2.9.3 via the 'process_bulk_action' function in the 'kingcomposer/includes/kc.extensions.php' file. This makes it possible for authenticated users with author level permissions and above to upload arbitrary files onto the server which can be used to execute code on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug kingcomposer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.9.3
Patched Version
  • 2.9.4
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