Description

WordPress Plugin Plainview Activity Monitor is prone to a remote command execution vulnerability because it fails to properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands within the context of the vulnerable application. WordPress Plugin Plainview Activity Monitor version 20161228 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 20180826 or latest

References

https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/plainview-activity-monitor

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45274/

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149102/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Command-Injection.html

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/plainview-activity-monitor/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2018-15877 CWE-94 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Code Execution