WordPress before 5.8 lacks support for the Update URI plugin header. This makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a supply-chain attack against WordPress installations that use any plugin for which the slug satisfies the naming constraints of the WordPress.org Plugin Directory but is not yet present in that directory.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T04:17:24.569Z
Reserved: 2021-11-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-44223

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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-11-25T15:15:09.800
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:30:36.947
Link: CVE-2021-44223

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