RegistrationMagic Plugin for WordPress < 3.7.9.3 PHP Object Injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 105174

Synopsis

The remote web server is running a PHP application that is affected by a PHP object injection vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the RegistrationMagic Plugin for WordPress running on the remote web server is prior to 3.7.9.3.
It is, therefore, affected by a PHP object injection vulnerability.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to inject PHP objects, execute arbitrary code and execute SQL database queries.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the RegistrationMagic Plugin for WordPress to version 3.7.9.3 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?009eaf15

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8924

https://www.vulnerabilitycenter.com/#!vul=76829

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105174

File Name: wordpress_registrationmagic_3793.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 12/12/2017

Updated: 6/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2017