CVE-2017-20086 (GCVE-0-2017-20086)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-23 04:20 – Updated: 2025-04-15 14:15
VLAI?
Title
VaultPress Plugin code injection
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in VaultPress Plugin 1.8.4. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to code injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
unspecified VaultPress Plugin Affected: 1.8.4
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Credits
David Vaartjes
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