CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedWordPress is susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability that allows an authenticated user with the `upload_files` capability to upload a malicious Postscript file, potentially compromising the server if Imagick and Ghostscript are enabled. This high-severity issue impacts all versions of WordPress, necessitating immediate attention from site administrators, particularly those managing installations with the specified prerequisites. Users should prioritize updating to version 7.0.4 or applying the backported fix to versions as old as 4.7 to mitigate the risk.
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Original NVD Description
WordPress is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability via malicious Postscript file upload by an Author level user or higher. Prerequisites: * Imagick and Ghostscript in use on the server * A malicious user with the `upload_files` capability This issue affects all versions of WordPress. Version 7.0.4 has been released, containing a fix for the vulnerability, and as a courtesy to users on older branches the fix has been backported to all branches back to 4.7.