vasyltech Advanced Access Manager Plugin up to 5.9.8 on WordPress wp-config.php aam-media path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in vasyltech Advanced Access Manager Plugin up to 5.9.8 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file wp-config.php. Such manipulation of the argument aam-media leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-25213. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in vasyltech Advanced Access Manager Plugin up to 5.9.8 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file wp-config.php. The manipulation of the argument aam-media 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.1 due to insufficient validation on the aam-media parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read any file on the server, including sensitive files such as wp-config.php

The weakness was disclosed by Ov3rfly as 2098838. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-25213 since 10/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

Upgrading to version 5.9.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2098838 is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Access Management Software

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• vasyltech

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• Advanced Access Manager Plugin

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• 5.9.0
• 5.9.1
• 5.9.2
• 5.9.3
• 5.9.4
• 5.9.5
• 5.9.6
• 5.9.7
• 5.9.8

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