Media from FTP Plugin up to 9.84 on WordPress wp-admin/admin.php searchdir path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Media from FTP Plugin up to 9.84 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function of the file wp-admin/admin.php. This manipulation of the argument searchdir causes path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-5310. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Media from FTP Plugin up to 9.84 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file wp-admin/admin.php. The manipulation of the argument searchdir with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. 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, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

In the "Media from FTP" plugin before 9.85 for WordPress, Directory Traversal exists via the searchdir parameter to the wp-admin/admin.php?page=mediafromftp-search-register URI.

The bug was discovered 01/10/2018. The weakness was presented 01/09/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-5310 since 01/08/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 9.85 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Media from FTP Plugin

Version

• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.2
• 9.3
• 9.4
• 9.5
• 9.6
• 9.7
• 9.8
• 9.9
• 9.10
• 9.11
• 9.12
• 9.13
• 9.14
• 9.15
• 9.16
• 9.17
• 9.18
• 9.19
• 9.20
• 9.21
• 9.22
• 9.23
• 9.24
• 9.25
• 9.26
• 9.27
• 9.28
• 9.29
• 9.30
• 9.31
• 9.32
• 9.33
• 9.34
• 9.35
• 9.36
• 9.37
• 9.38
• 9.39
• 9.40
• 9.41
• 9.42
• 9.43
• 9.44
• 9.45
• 9.46
• 9.47
• 9.48
• 9.49
• 9.50
• 9.51
• 9.52
• 9.53
• 9.54
• 9.55
• 9.56
• 9.57
• 9.58
• 9.59
• 9.60
• 9.61
• 9.62
• 9.63
• 9.64
• 9.65
• 9.66
• 9.67
• 9.68
• 9.69
• 9.70
• 9.71
• 9.72
• 9.73
• 9.74
• 9.75
• 9.76
• 9.77
• 9.78
• 9.79
• 9.80
• 9.81
• 9.82
• 9.83
• 9.84

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