CVE-2018-17573

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2018-17573 · Published 28/09/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-17573 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting wp-insert (smartlogix).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.4%, higher than 88.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wp-insert smartlogix	`≤ 2.4.2`	No fix yet

Description

The Wp-Insert plugin through 2.4.2 for WordPress allows upload of arbitrary PHP code because of the exposure and configuration of FCKeditor under fckeditor/editor/filemanager/browser/default/browser.html, fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/test.html, and fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/uploadtest.html.

References

cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2018090255 · Exploit
packetstormsecurity.com/files/149568/WordPress-WP-Insert-2.4.2-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html · Exploit

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