GHSA-52qp-jpq7-6c54

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    GHSA-52qp-jpq7-6c54

    Published: 29 Apr 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary: Insecure Deserialization of untrusted data in rmccue/requests

    Details: ### Impact Unserialization of untrusted data. ### Patches The issue has been patched and users of `Requests` 1.6.0, 1.6.1 and 1.7.0 should update to version 1.8.0. ### References Publications about the vulnerability: * https://dannewitz.ninja/posts/php-unserialize-object-injection-yet-another-stars-rating-wordpress * https://github.com/ambionics/phpggc/issues/52 * https://blog.detectify.com/2019/07/23/improving-wordpress-plugin-security/ * https://i.blackhat.com/us-18/Thu-August-9/us-18-Thomas-Its-A-PHP-Unserialization-Vulnerability-Jim-But-Not-As-We-Know-It.pdf * https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3853213/us-18-Thomas-It%27s-A-PHP-Unserialization-Vulnerability-Jim-But-Not-As-We-....pdf * https://2018.zeronights.ru/wp-content/uploads/materials/9%20ZN2018%20WV%20-%20PHP%20unserialize.pdf * https://medium.com/@knownsec404team/extend-the-attack-surface-of-php-deserialization-vulnerability-via-phar-d6455c6a1066#3c0f Originally fixed in WordPress 5.5.2: * https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/add6bedf3a53b647d0ebda2970057912d3cd79d3 * https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ Related Security Advisories: * https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2020-28032 * https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28032 Notification to the Requests repo including a fix in: * https://github.com/rmccue/Requests/pull/421 and * https://github.com/rmccue/Requests/pull/422 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Request](https://github.com/WordPress/Requests/)

    References: https://github.com/WordPress/Requests/security/advisories/GHSA-52qp-jpq7-6c54, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29476, https://github.com/ambionics/phpggc/issues/52, https://github.com/rmccue/Requests/pull/421, https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/add6bedf3a53b647d0ebda2970057912d3cd79d3, https://2018.zeronights.ru/wp-content/uploads/materials/9%20ZN2018%20WV%20-%20PHP%20unserialize.pdf, https://blog.detectify.com/2019/07/23/improving-wordpress-plugin-security, https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3853213/us-18-Thomas-It%27s-A-PHP-Unserialization-Vulnerability-Jim-But-Not-As-We-....pdf, https://dannewitz.ninja/posts/php-unserialize-object-injection-yet-another-stars-rating-wordpress, https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/rmccue/requests/CVE-2021-29476.yaml, https://i.blackhat.com/us-18/Thu-August-9/us-18-Thomas-Its-A-PHP-Unserialization-Vulnerability-Jim-But-Not-As-We-Know-It.pdf, https://medium.com/@knownsec404team/extend-the-attack-surface-of-php-deserialization-vulnerability-via-phar-d6455c6a1066#3c0f, https://wordpress.org/news/2020/10/wordpress-5-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rmccue/requests

    Purl: pkg:composer/rmccue/requests

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.6.0
    Fixed -1.8.0

    Affected versions

    v1.6.0
    v1.6.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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