Critical severity · published Mar 13, 2020
CVE-2020-10564
An issue was discovered in the File Upload plugin before 4.13.0 for WordPress
9.8
CVSS
8.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the File Upload plugin before 4.13.0 for WordPress. A directory traversal can lead to remote code execution by uploading a crafted txt file into the lib directory, because of a wfu_include_lib call.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.6% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WF
Wordpress File Upload · Iptanus
before 4.13.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10564
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10564
Exploit
https://github.com/beerpwn/CVE/tree/master/WP-File-Upload_disclosure_report/
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-file-upload/#developers
Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10132
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