CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects WordPress. Its EPSS score suggests a 26.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CVE
CVE-2018-20148
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
26.82%
WordPress
Original NVD Description
In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, contributors could conduct PHP object injection attacks via crafted metadata in a wp.getMediaItem XMLRPC call. This is caused by mishandling of serialized data at phar:// URLs in the wp_get_attachment_thumb_file function in wp-includes/post.php.
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