Cloudsafe365 Plugin for WordPress 'file' Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62008

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability.

Description

The Cloudsafe365 Plugin for WordPress installed on the remote host is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability due to a failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'file' parameter of the admin/editor/cs365_edit.php script. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files, subject to the privileges under which the web server runs.

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.47 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62008

File Name: wordpress_cloudsafe365_file_disclosure.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/7/2012

Updated: 6/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2012

Exploitable With

Elliot (WordPress Cloudsafe365 1.46 File Disclosure)

Reference Information

BID: 55241

Detections

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