CVE-2013-4338 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 3.6.1 does not properly determine whether data has been serialized, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering erroneous PHP unserialize operations.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.09588.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Wordpress Subscribe	Wordpress Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-2757-1	wordpress security update

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25325
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116828.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116832.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117118.html
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-09-12T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.927Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-4338

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-09-12T13:28:37.443

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-4338

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94

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