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Wordpress: CVE-2021-44223: Unspecified Security Vulnerability

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Wordpress: CVE-2021-44223: Unspecified Security Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/25/2021
Created
12/08/2021
Added
12/07/2021
Modified
12/07/2021

Description

WordPress before 5.8 lacks support for the Update URI plugin header. This makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a supply-chain attack against WordPress installations that use any plugin for which the slug satisfies the naming constraints of the WordPress.org Plugin Directory but is not yet present in that directory.

Solution(s)

  • wordpress-upgrade-5_8_0

References

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