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Posted on 17 October 2011
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TITLE:
WordPress User Avatar Plugin "src" Arbitrary File Upload
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46335
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-10-17
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the User Avatar plugin for
WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.
Input passed via the "src" parameter in
wp-content/plugins/user-avatar/user-avatar-pic.php is not properly
verified before being used to cache files. This can be exploited to
upload and execute arbitrary PHP files.
This may be related to vulnerability #1 in:
SA45416
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.4.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.4.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
User Avatar:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-avatar/changelog/
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/444447/user-avatar/trunk/user-avatar-pic.php?old=360515&old_path=user-avatar%2Ftrunk%2Fuser-avatar-pic.php
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