Check Point Advisories

WordPress Core External Entity Injection (CVE-2021-29447)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2021-0325
Date Published: 1 Jun 2021
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 24 June, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2021-29447
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress
Vulnerability Description An XXE vulnerability exists in WordPress Core. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of XML data when parsing RIFF WAV file metadata.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Core External Entity Injection (CVE-2021-29447) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  RDP Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  WordPress Core External Entity Injection (CVE-2021-29447)

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