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A vulnerability was found in Site Editor Plugin 1.1.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality.
The bug was discovered 03/16/2018. The weakness was presented 03/16/2018 as [CVE-2018-7422] Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in WordPress Site Editor Plugin as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-7422 since 02/22/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The following code is the reason for this vulnerability:
if( isset( $_REQUEST['ajax_path'] ) && is_file( $_REQUEST['ajax_path'] ) && file_exists( $_REQUEST['ajax_path'] ) ){ require_once $_REQUEST['ajax_path']; }
The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (44340).
Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploiting
Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
ATT&CK: T1006
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
02/22/2018 🔍03/16/2018 🔍
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03/19/2018 🔍
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02/05/2021 🔍
Sources
Advisory: [CVE-2018-7422] Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in WordPress Site Editor PluginStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2018-7422 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/19/2018 08:02Updated: 02/05/2021 13:07
Changes: 03/19/2018 08:02 (58), 01/14/2020 17:21 (5), 02/05/2021 13:07 (3)
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