CVE-2017-20206

The Appointments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 via deserialization of untrusted input from the `wpmudev_appointments` cookie. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. Attackers were actively exploiting this vulnerability with the WP_Theme() class to create backdoors.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
WordfenceCNA
9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA-ADPADP
---
---
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 43%
VendorProductVersion
wpmudevappointments
𝑥
≤ 2.2.1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1733186/appointments
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/10/3-zero-day-plugin-vulnerabilities-exploited-wild/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7e8f230e-3f96-4efd-806d-72725b960303?source=cve