Videopack (formerly Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator) < 2.0 - Remote Code Execution

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2012-1785
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published February 20, 2012
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The Videopack (formerly Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to remote code execution in versions up to 2.0 due to insufficient input validation on data supplied to the runCom() function that executes code. This makes it possible for attackers to run arbitrary code on the system.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug video-embed-thumbnail-generator (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0
Patched Version
  • 2.0
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