CVE-2012-5318 is an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Kish Guest Posting plugin 1.2 for WordPress, specifically within the uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php component. This flaw, an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1125, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading files with double extensions. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it carries a medium attack complexity and can lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not actively exploited in the wild or listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-18412), and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 91/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kishore_asokan:kish_guest_posting_plugin:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.