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CVE-2017-1000600

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Published: September 6, 2018 at 12:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 4%

Description

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

WordPress · WordPressdrupal

95%

v < 4.9

Affected range stops below 4.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105305

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/20/php_unserialisation_wordpress_vuln/

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://youtu.be/GePBmsNJw6Y?t=1763

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-20

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