Description
WordPress Plugin Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress is prone to a remote code execution vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input. Successful exploitation may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running the application, to compromise the application or the underlying database, to access or modify data or to compromise a vulnerable system. WordPress Plugin Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress version 4.2997 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
Remediation
Update to plugin version 4.2999 or latest
References
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46981
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress/trunk/readme.txt
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