WordPress Core < 3.5.2 - XXE Injection

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

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

CVE	CVE-2013-2202
CVSS	Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published	June 21, 2013
Last Updated	January 22, 2024

Description

WordPress before 3.5.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an oEmbed XML provider response containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Core
Software Slug	wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.5.1
Patched Version	3.5.2

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