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CVE-2023-6558: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Export and Import Users and Customers plugin for WordPress (CVE-2023-6558) was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability affecting versions up to and including 2.4.8. The vulnerability was disclosed on January 11, 2024, impacting WordPress installations using this plugin (NVD CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient file type validation in the 'upload_import_file' function. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The weakness is classified as CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (NVD CVE).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with shop manager-level capabilities or above to upload arbitrary files to the affected site's server. This could potentially lead to remote code execution, compromising the security of the WordPress installation (NVD CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update their Export and Import Users and Customers plugin to a version newer than 2.4.8. The vulnerability has been patched in subsequent releases (WordPress Patch).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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