Swim Team Plugin 1.44.10777 on WordPress download.php file Absolute path traversal
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability has been found in Swim Team Plugin 1.44.10777 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file include/user/download.php. The manipulation of the argument file
with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability (Absolute). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in include/user/download.php in the Swim Team plugin 1.44.10777 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter.
The weakness was published 01/12/2016 by Larry W. Cashdollar (Website). The advisory is shared at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-5471 since 07/10/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.
By approaching the search of inurl:include/user/download.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Name: AbsoluteClass: Path traversal / Absolute
CWE: CWE-22
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
07/08/2015 🔍07/10/2015 🔍
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07/02/2022 🔍
Sources
Advisory: 132653Researcher: Larry W. Cashdollar
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-5471 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 75600 - WordPress Swim Team Plugin 'download.php' Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 01/13/2016 09:23Updated: 07/02/2022 20:50
Changes: 01/13/2016 09:23 (52), 06/10/2018 09:03 (12), 07/02/2022 20:50 (2)
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