THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-1125
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-1125

Kish Guest Posting Plugin vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
11.6%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting plugin before 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the directory specified by the folder parameter.
Affected vendor
Kishore Asokan
Affected product
Kish Guest Posting Plugin
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2012-10-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-1125

  • Confirm whether Kishore Asokan Kish Guest Posting Plugin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-1125.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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