VaultpressWordPress extension · Automattic
CVE-2014-125104
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability was found in VaultPress Plugin up to 1.6.0 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function protect_aioseo_ajax of the file class.vaultpress-hotfixes.php of the component MailPoet Plugin. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.6.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is named e3b92b14edca6291c5f998d54c90cbe98a1fb0e3. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-230263.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisThe application accepts uploaded files without properly checking their type or content, so an attacker can upload something executable. If it lands where the server will run it, that is remote code execution. Remediating it means validating content rather than just the extension, storing uploads outside the web root, and never executing them.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
VaultpressWordPress extension
< 1.6.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped1.6.1
VaultPress 1.6.1
- 1. Create a full backup of your WordPress site (database and files) before updating any plugins
- 2. Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard
- 3. Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- 4. Find VaultPress in the plugin list
- 5. If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to update to version 1.6.1 or later
- 6. Alternatively, you can manually update by downloading VaultPress 1.6.1 from a trusted source and uploading it via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
- 7. Verify the update was successful by checking the plugin version in Plugins > Installed Plugins
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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