WPLMS Learning Management System Plugin up to 4.962 on WordPress File path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in WPLMS Learning Management System Plugin up to 4.962 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component File Handler. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-10470. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in WPLMS Learning Management System Plugin up to 4.962 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown code of the component File Handler. The manipulation 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. CVE summarizes:

The WPLMS Learning Management System for WordPress, WordPress LMS theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read and deletion due to insufficient file path validation and permissions checks in the readfile and unlink functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.962. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). The theme is vulnerable even when it is not activated.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-10470 since 10/28/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• Learning Management Software

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• WPLMS

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• Learning Management System Plugin

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• 4.962

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