Check Point Advisories

WordPress Popular Posts Plugin Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2021-42362)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2021-1096
Date Published: 7 Mar 2022
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 07 March, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2021-42362
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Popular Posts Plugin versions up to and including 5.3.2
Vulnerability Description An arbitrary file upload vulnerability exists in WordPress Popular Posts Plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Popular Posts Plugin Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2021-42362) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress Popular Posts Plugin Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2021-42362)

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