Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress < 4.2999 — Arbitrary File Upload
CVE-2019-15649Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <4.2999Update to 4.2999 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress
- Affected< 4.2999
- Patched in4.2999
Update to 4.2999 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 4.2999. Version 4.2999 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.2999, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to xulchibalraa.
The insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress plugin before 4.2999 for WordPress has insufficient restrictions on file upload.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.
