CVE-2012-5318

Kish Guest Posting plugin 1.2 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting plugin 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a double extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the directory specified by the folder parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1125.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by EgiX · phpwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18412

References (2)

Scores

EPSS 0.1096
EPSS Percentile 93.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
kishore_asokan/kish_guest_posting_plugin 1.2
Published Oct 08, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026