Arbitrary file upload in 3cx Live Chat

CVE-2018-12426

The WP Live Chat Support Pro plugin before 8.0.07 for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated Remote Code Execution due to client-side validation of allowed file types, as demonstrated by a v1/remote_upload request with a .php filename and the image/jpeg content type.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.051 (91.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12426?
CVE-2018-12426 is a critical-severity vulnerability in 3cx Live Chat, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-12426?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12426 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.