UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000600

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000600

    Published: 6 Sept 2018Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    Details: WordPress version <4.9 contains a CWE-20 Input Validation vulnerability in thumbnail processing that can result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via thumbnail upload by an authenticated user and may require additional plugins in order to be exploited however this has not been confirmed at this time. This issue appears to have been partially, but not completely fixed in WordPress 4.9

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000600, https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/20/php_unserialisation_wordpress_vuln/, https://youtu.be/GePBmsNJw6Y?t=1763, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000600

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.3+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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