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CVE-2017-20208

Status: AnalyzedCritical (9.8)—

The RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to 3.7.9.3 (exclusive) via deserialization of untrusted input from the is_expired_by_date() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. The additional presence of a POP chain allows attackers to fetch a remote file and install it on the site.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Plugin WordPress expuesto en red sin autenticación (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N) permite inyección de objetos PHP y ejecución de código/instalación de web shells mediante cadena POP.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account ManagementDisable or Remove Feature or ProgramVulnerability ScanningUser Account ManagementRestrict Web-Based ContentNetwork Segmentation

Affected technologies (1)

Metagauss — Registrationmagic

CWEs

References

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