User Photo <= 0.9.4 - Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2013-1916
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published February 18, 2011
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

In WordPress Plugin User Photo 0.9.4, when a photo is uploaded, it is only partially validated and it is possible to upload a backdoor on the server hosting WordPress. This backdoor can be called (executed) even if the photo has not been yet approved.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug user-photo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 0.9.4
Patched Version
  • 0.9.5
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