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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-20148

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The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, contributors could conduct PHP object injection attacks via crafted metadata in a wp.getMediaItem XMLRPC call. This is caused by mishandling of serialized data at phar:// URLs in the wp_get_attachment_thumb_file function in wp-includes/post.php. (CVE-2018-20148) Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor. File data…Read More

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