Shortcodes Ultimate up to 4.9 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Shortcodes Ultimate up to 4.9. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-2245. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Shortcodes Ultimate up to 4.9. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Shortcodes Ultimate prior to version 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 07/06/2017. The weakness was released 07/07/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at jvn.jp. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2245 since 12/01/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 4.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 99495†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Shortcodes Ultimate 4.10.0

Timelineinfo

12/01/2016 🔍
07/06/2017 +217 days 🔍
07/07/2017 +1 days 🔍
07/07/2017 +0 days 🔍
07/08/2017 +1 days 🔍
07/10/2017 +2 days 🔍
12/31/2020 +1270 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 1684377
Researcher: Chris Liu.
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-2245 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2245
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-103346
SecurityFocus: 99495 - WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin CVE-2017-2245 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2017 17:04
Updated: 12/31/2020 12:01
Changes: 07/08/2017 17:04 (60), 10/24/2019 11:59 (3), 12/31/2020 11:58 (2), 12/31/2020 12:01 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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