CVE-2012-1125
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting plugin before 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a PHP extension, then accessing it via a…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting plugin before 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the directory specified by the folder parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 11.57% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 23 January 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- kishore asokan/kish guest posting plugin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 11.6% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0145.htmlExploit
- http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/kish-guest-posting/trunk/readme.txt
- http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/403694/kish-guest-posting/trunk/uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47688Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18412Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/08/1
- http://www.osvdb.org/78479
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51638Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79563
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0145.htmlExploit
- http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/kish-guest-posting/trunk/readme.txt
- http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/403694/kish-guest-posting/trunk/uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47688Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18412Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/08/1
- http://www.osvdb.org/78479
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51638Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79563
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.