Arbitrary Code Execution via Unrestricted File Upload in Kish Guest Posting Plugin 1.2 for WordPress

CVE-2012-5318 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting plugin 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a double extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the directory specified by the folder parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1125.

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