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Jetpack <= 12.1 — Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Manipulation

CVE-2023-2996Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤12.1Update to 10.0.1 or 10.1.1 or 10.2.2 or 10.3.1 or 10.4.1 or 10.5.2 or 10.6.2 or 10.7.1 or 10.8.1 or 10.9.2 or 11.0.1 or 11.1.3 or 11.2.1 or 11.3.3 or 11.4.1 or 11.5.2 or 11.6.1 or 11.7.2 or 11.8.5 or 11.9.2 or 12.0.1 or 12.1.1 or 2.0.9 or 2.1.7 or 2.2.10 or 2.3.10 or 2.4.7 or 2.5.5 or 2.6.6 or 2.7.5 or 2.8.5 or 2.9.6 or 3.0.6 or 3.1.5 or 3.2.5 or 3.3.6 or 3.4.6 or 3.5.6 or 3.6.4 or 3.7.5 or 3.8.5 or 3.9.9 or 4.0.6 or 4.1.3 or 4.2.4 or 4.3.4 or 4.4.4 or 4.5.2 or 4.6.2 or 4.7.3 or 4.8.4 or 4.9.2 or 5.0.2 or 5.1.3 or 5.2.4 or 5.3.3 or 5.4.3 or 5.5.4 or 5.6.4 or 5.7.4 or 5.8.3 or 5.9.3 or 6.0.3 or 6.1.4 or 6.2.4 or 6.3.6 or 6.4.5 or 6.5.3 or 6.6.4 or 6.7.3 or 6.8.4 or 6.9.3 or 7.0.4 or 7.1.4 or 7.2.4 or 7.3.4 or 7.4.4 or 7.5.6 or 7.6.3 or 7.7.5 or 7.8.3 or 7.9.3 or 8.0.2 or 8.1.3 or 8.2.5 or 8.3.2 or 8.4.4 or 8.5.2 or 8.6.3 or 8.7.3 or 8.8.4 or 8.9.3 or 9.0.4 or 9.1.2 or 9.2.3 or 9.3.4 or 9.4.3 or 9.5.4 or 9.6.3 or 9.7.2 or 9.8.2 or 9.9.2 or newer

Fixed versions are per release branch: update to the fix for the branch you run.

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Medium6.5
CVSS
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:H Integrity
High
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics jetpack

  1. Affected≤ 12.1
  2. Patched in10.0.1 / 10.1.1 / 10.2.2 / 10.3.1 / 10.4.1 / 10.5.2 / 10.6.2 / 10.7.1 / 10.8.1 / 10.9.2 / 11.0.1 / 11.1.3 / 11.2.1 / 11.3.3 / 11.4.1 / 11.5.2 / 11.6.1 / 11.7.2 / 11.8.5 / 11.9.2 / 12.0.1 / 12.1.1 / 2.0.9 / 2.1.7 / 2.2.10 / 2.3.10 / 2.4.7 / 2.5.5 / 2.6.6 / 2.7.5 / 2.8.5 / 2.9.6 / 3.0.6 / 3.1.5 / 3.2.5 / 3.3.6 / 3.4.6 / 3.5.6 / 3.6.4 / 3.7.5 / 3.8.5 / 3.9.9 / 4.0.6 / 4.1.3 / 4.2.4 / 4.3.4 / 4.4.4 / 4.5.2 / 4.6.2 / 4.7.3 / 4.8.4 / 4.9.2 / 5.0.2 / 5.1.3 / 5.2.4 / 5.3.3 / 5.4.3 / 5.5.4 / 5.6.4 / 5.7.4 / 5.8.3 / 5.9.3 / 6.0.3 / 6.1.4 / 6.2.4 / 6.3.6 / 6.4.5 / 6.5.3 / 6.6.4 / 6.7.3 / 6.8.4 / 6.9.3 / 7.0.4 / 7.1.4 / 7.2.4 / 7.3.4 / 7.4.4 / 7.5.6 / 7.6.3 / 7.7.5 / 7.8.3 / 7.9.3 / 8.0.2 / 8.1.3 / 8.2.5 / 8.3.2 / 8.4.4 / 8.5.2 / 8.6.3 / 8.7.3 / 8.8.4 / 8.9.3 / 9.0.4 / 9.1.2 / 9.2.3 / 9.3.4 / 9.4.3 / 9.5.4 / 9.6.3 / 9.7.2 / 9.8.2 / 9.9.2

Update to 10.0.1 / 10.1.1 / 10.2.2 / 10.3.1 / 10.4.1 / 10.5.2 / 10.6.2 / 10.7.1 / 10.8.1 / 10.9.2 / 11.0.1 / 11.1.3 / 11.2.1 / 11.3.3 / 11.4.1 / 11.5.2 / 11.6.1 / 11.7.2 / 11.8.5 / 11.9.2 / 12.0.1 / 12.1.1 / 2.0.9 / 2.1.7 / 2.2.10 / 2.3.10 / 2.4.7 / 2.5.5 / 2.6.6 / 2.7.5 / 2.8.5 / 2.9.6 / 3.0.6 / 3.1.5 / 3.2.5 / 3.3.6 / 3.4.6 / 3.5.6 / 3.6.4 / 3.7.5 / 3.8.5 / 3.9.9 / 4.0.6 / 4.1.3 / 4.2.4 / 4.3.4 / 4.4.4 / 4.5.2 / 4.6.2 / 4.7.3 / 4.8.4 / 4.9.2 / 5.0.2 / 5.1.3 / 5.2.4 / 5.3.3 / 5.4.3 / 5.5.4 / 5.6.4 / 5.7.4 / 5.8.3 / 5.9.3 / 6.0.3 / 6.1.4 / 6.2.4 / 6.3.6 / 6.4.5 / 6.5.3 / 6.6.4 / 6.7.3 / 6.8.4 / 6.9.3 / 7.0.4 / 7.1.4 / 7.2.4 / 7.3.4 / 7.4.4 / 7.5.6 / 7.6.3 / 7.7.5 / 7.8.3 / 7.9.3 / 8.0.2 / 8.1.3 / 8.2.5 / 8.3.2 / 8.4.4 / 8.5.2 / 8.6.3 / 8.7.3 / 8.8.4 / 8.9.3 / 9.0.4 / 9.1.2 / 9.2.3 / 9.3.4 / 9.4.3 / 9.5.4 / 9.6.3 / 9.7.2 / 9.8.2 / 9.9.2 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 12.1. Version 10.0.1, 10.1.1, 10.2.2, 10.3.1, 10.4.1, 10.5.2, 10.6.2, 10.7.1, 10.8.1, 10.9.2, 11.0.1, 11.1.3, 11.2.1, 11.3.3, 11.4.1, 11.5.2, 11.6.1, 11.7.2, 11.8.5, 11.9.2, 12.0.1, 12.1.1, 2.0.9, 2.1.7, 2.2.10, 2.3.10, 2.4.7, 2.5.5, 2.6.6, 2.7.5, 2.8.5, 2.9.6, 3.0.6, 3.1.5, 3.2.5, 3.3.6, 3.4.6, 3.5.6, 3.6.4, 3.7.5, 3.8.5, 3.9.9, 4.0.6, 4.1.3, 4.2.4, 4.3.4, 4.4.4, 4.5.2, 4.6.2, 4.7.3, 4.8.4, 4.9.2, 5.0.2, 5.1.3, 5.2.4, 5.3.3, 5.4.3, 5.5.4, 5.6.4, 5.7.4, 5.8.3, 5.9.3, 6.0.3, 6.1.4, 6.2.4, 6.3.6, 6.4.5, 6.5.3, 6.6.4, 6.7.3, 6.8.4, 6.9.3, 7.0.4, 7.1.4, 7.2.4, 7.3.4, 7.4.4, 7.5.6, 7.6.3, 7.7.5, 7.8.3, 7.9.3, 8.0.2, 8.1.3, 8.2.5, 8.3.2, 8.4.4, 8.5.2, 8.6.3, 8.7.3, 8.8.4, 8.9.3, 9.0.4, 9.1.2, 9.2.3, 9.3.4, 9.4.3, 9.5.4, 9.6.3, 9.7.2, 9.8.2, 9.9.2 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 10.0.1, 10.1.1, 10.2.2, 10.3.1, 10.4.1, 10.5.2, 10.6.2, 10.7.1, 10.8.1, 10.9.2, 11.0.1, 11.1.3, 11.2.1, 11.3.3, 11.4.1, 11.5.2, 11.6.1, 11.7.2, 11.8.5, 11.9.2, 12.0.1, 12.1.1, 2.0.9, 2.1.7, 2.2.10, 2.3.10, 2.4.7, 2.5.5, 2.6.6, 2.7.5, 2.8.5, 2.9.6, 3.0.6, 3.1.5, 3.2.5, 3.3.6, 3.4.6, 3.5.6, 3.6.4, 3.7.5, 3.8.5, 3.9.9, 4.0.6, 4.1.3, 4.2.4, 4.3.4, 4.4.4, 4.5.2, 4.6.2, 4.7.3, 4.8.4, 4.9.2, 5.0.2, 5.1.3, 5.2.4, 5.3.3, 5.4.3, 5.5.4, 5.6.4, 5.7.4, 5.8.3, 5.9.3, 6.0.3, 6.1.4, 6.2.4, 6.3.6, 6.4.5, 6.5.3, 6.6.4, 6.7.3, 6.8.4, 6.9.3, 7.0.4, 7.1.4, 7.2.4, 7.3.4, 7.4.4, 7.5.6, 7.6.3, 7.7.5, 7.8.3, 7.9.3, 8.0.2, 8.1.3, 8.2.5, 8.3.2, 8.4.4, 8.5.2, 8.6.3, 8.7.3, 8.8.4, 8.9.3, 9.0.4, 9.1.2, 9.2.3, 9.3.4, 9.4.3, 9.5.4, 9.6.3, 9.7.2, 9.8.2, 9.9.2
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Miguel Neto.

The Jetpack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file manipulation in versions up to, and including, 12.1. This is due to insufficient validation on data being supplied to the media API endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level permissions and above, to modify arbitrary files in the WordPress Installation.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 6.5

  2. 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.
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