Remote Code Execution in wordpress -- CVE-2019-9787ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:55473 | Date: (C)2019-06-19 (M)2022-11-30 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: unix |
WordPress before 5.1.1 does not properly filter comment content, leading to Remote Code Execution by unauthenticated users in a default configuration. This occurs because CSRF protection is mishandled, and because Search Engine Optimization of A elements is performed incorrectly, leading to XSS. The XSS results in administrative access, which allows arbitrary changes to .php files. This is related to wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php and wp-includes/comment.php.