Page Flip Book Plugin on WordPress pageflipbook.php pageflipbook_language path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Page Flip Book Plugin on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the file pageflipbook.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument pageflipbook_language results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-6652. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Page Flip Book Plugin on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) (version now known). This affects some unknown processing of the file pageflipbook.php. The manipulation of the argument pageflipbook_language with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in pageflipbook.php script from index.php in Page Flip Book plugin for WordPress (wppageflip) allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the pageflipbook_language parameter.

The weakness was published 05/13/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-6652 since 07/31/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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:pageflipbook.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62414 (WordPress A Page Flip Book Plugin for WordPress 'pageflipbook_language' Parameter Arbitrary Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

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 databases at Tenable (62414) and SecurityFocus (BID 54368†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Nessus ID: 62414
Nessus Name: WordPress A Page Flip Book Plugin for WordPress 'pageflipbook_language' Parameter Arbitrary Code Execution
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07/10/2012 🔍
10/03/2012 +85 days 🔍
07/31/2014 +666 days 🔍
05/13/2019 +1747 days 🔍
05/14/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/15/2023 +1585 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ceriksen.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-6652 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-6652
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134595
SecurityFocus: 54368 - WordPress PageflipBook Plugin 'pageflipbook_language' Parameter Local File Include Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 05/14/2019 07:01
Updated: 09/15/2023 15:30
Changes: 05/14/2019 07:01 (62), 06/08/2020 23:01 (2), 09/15/2023 15:30 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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