Check Point Advisories

WordPress Ad Injection Plugin Remote Code Execution (CVE-2022-0661)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2022-0783
Date Published: 29 Nov 2022
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 29 November, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2022-0661
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Ad Injection Plugin v1.2.0.19
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in WordPress Ad Injection Plugin. Successful exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution on the affected server.

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 Ad Injection Plugin Remote Code Execution (CVE-2022-0661) 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:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  WordPress Ad Injection Plugin Remote Code Execution (CVE-2022-0661)

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