CVE-2015-4336
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
cloner.functions.php in the XCloner plugin 3.1.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via a file containing filenames with shell metacharacters, as demonstrated by using the backup comments feature to create the file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xcloner | xcloner | 3.1.2 | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132107/WordPress-XCloner-3.1.2-XSS-Command-Execution.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74943
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=121
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132107/WordPress-XCloner-3.1.2-XSS-Command-Execution.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74943
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=121
CWEs
CWE-77
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.