CVE-2018-19370 Race condition in n/a

Medium 6.6 Published Updated

An SEO Manager can achieve command execution on the operating system via a race condition in the ZIP import feature of the Yoast SEO plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-19370?

CVE-2018-19370 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Nov 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A Race condition vulnerability in unzip_file in admin/import/class-import-settings.php in the Yoast SEO (wordpress-seo) plugin before 9.2.0 for WordPress allows an SEO Manager to perform command execution on the Operating System via a ZIP import.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19370?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Yoast Yoast Seo.

How do I fix CVE-2018-19370?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-19370 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-19370 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19370 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vwcv-7hjf-vgcf.

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