CVE-2012-1125
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 11.6%EU EUVD
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting plugin before 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the directory specified by the folder parameter.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 11.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1159)
- Published
- October 8, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1159 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- kishore asokan / kish guest posting plugin
- kishore asokan / kish guest posting plugin
- wordpress / wordpress
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0145.html(Exploit)
- http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/kish-guest-posting/trunk/readme.txt
- http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/403694/kish-guest-posting/trunk/uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47688(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18412(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/08/1
- http://www.osvdb.org/78479
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51638(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79563
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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