CVE-2017-20174 bastianallgeier Kirby Webmentions Plugin injection
Remote attackers can exploit an injection flaw in the Kirby Webmentions Plugin to execute arbitrary code, requiring a patch for mitigation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-20174?
CVE-2017-20174 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in bastianallgeier Kirby Webmentions Plugin, published on 19 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in bastianallgeier Kirby Webmentions Plugin and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The patch is identified as 55bedea78ae9af916a9a41497bd9996417851502. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-218894 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-20174?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Getkirby Webmentions.
How do I fix CVE-2017-20174?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-20174 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2017-20174 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-20174 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p2v8-f859-pvgv.