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CVE-2017-20086: Full Disclosure: VaultPress - Remote Code Execution via Man in The Middle attack

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in VaultPress Plugin 1.8.4. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to code injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.

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From: Summer of Pwnage <lists () securify nl>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 07:11:00 +0100

------------------------------------------------------------------------ VaultPress - Remote Code Execution via Man in The Middle attack

David Vaartjes, July 2016

Abstract

A Man in The Middle (MiTM) vulnerability has been identified in the VaultPress plugin of WordPress. This issue allows an attacker to to sniff clear-text communication and to run arbitrary PHP code on the affected WordPress host.

OVE ID

OVE-20160728-0002

Tested versions

This issue was successfully tested on VaultPress WordPress Plugin version 1.8.4

Fix

There is currently no fix available.

Details

https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/vaultpress___remote_code_execution_via_man_in_the_middle_attack.html

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