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CVE-2017-20206

Appointments <= 2.2.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.2.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

The Appointments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 via deserialization of untrusted input from the `wpmudev_appointments` cookie. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. Attackers were actively exploiting this vulnerability with the WP_Theme() class to create backdoors.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • wpmudev Appointments

    fixed in 2.2.2

References 3

wordfence.com

plugins.trac.wordpress.org