ARForms Plugin up to 6.4.1 on WordPress path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ARForms Plugin up to 6.4.1 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-54216. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ARForms Plugin up to 6.4.1 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. 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-35. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Path Traversal: '.../...//' vulnerability in Repute InfoSystems ARForms allows Path Traversal.This issue affects ARForms: from n/a through 6.4.1.

The weakness was shared by Dave Jong. The advisory is shared at patchstack.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-54216 since 12/02/2024. 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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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-35 / CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Remote: Yes

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Dave Jong
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-54216 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-54216
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-287189

Entryinfo

Created: 12/06/2024 16:58
Updated: 01/23/2026 02:49
Changes: 12/06/2024 16:58 (63), 12/20/2024 14:23 (1), 03/03/2025 16:58 (1), 01/23/2026 02:49 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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