Comments Import & Export Plugin up to 2.3.7 on WordPress path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Comments Import & Export Plugin up to 2.3.7 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-7514. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Comments Import & Export Plugin up to 2.3.7 on WordPress and classified as critical. This issue affects 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 summary by CVE is:

The WordPress Comments Import & Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to to arbitrary file read due to insufficient file path validation during the comments import process, in versions up to, and including, 2.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The issue was partially fixed in version 2.3.8 and fully fixed in 2.3.9

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-7514 since 08/05/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Comments Import & Export Plugin

Version

• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5
• 2.3.6
• 2.3.7

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