Unrestricted File Upload in WordPress Plugin Baggage Freight Shipping Australia (CVE-2018-25436)
Summary
Vulnerability in WordPress Plugin Baggage Freight Shipping Australia (CVE-2018-25436). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
WordPress Plugin Baggage Freight Shipping Australia 0.1.0 contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files by exploiting the upload-package.php endpoint. Attackers can submit POST requests with malicious file extensions to the upload handler, which moves files without validation to the plugin upload directory, enabling remote code execution.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-25436 has been found in WordPress Plugin Baggage Freight Shipping Australia.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "WordPress Plugin Baggage Freight Shipping Australia CVE-2018-25436" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2018-25436 (WordPress Plugin Baggage Freight Shipping Australia) — CWE-434 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-434) exists in WordPress Plugin Baggage Freight Shipping Australia.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of WordPress Plugin Baggage Freight Shipping Australia.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで WordPress Plugin Baggage Freight Shipping Australia を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web disclosure@vulncheck.com
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- web disclosure@vulncheck.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web wordpress.org
- web github.com