Yoast SEO <= 9.1.0 - Race Condition to Remote Code Execution

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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

CVE	CVE-2018-19370
CVSS	Medium (6.6)
Publicly Published	November 6, 2018
Last Updated	January 22, 2024

Description

A Race condition vulnerability in unzip_file in admin/import/class-import-settings.php in the Yoast SEO (wordpress-seo) plugin before 9.2.0 for WordPress allows an SEO Manager to perform command execution on the Operating System via a ZIP import.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wordpress-seo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 9.1.0
Patched Version	9.2.0

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