CVE-2013-4338 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2013-09-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 8.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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

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 0.08749.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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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Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-09-12T10:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4338

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:57:03.130

Link: CVE-2013-4338

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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