wphealth WP Umbrella Plugin up to 2.17.0 on WordPress umbrella-restore filename filename control

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in wphealth WP Umbrella Plugin up to 2.17.0 on WordPress. This impacts the function umbrella-restore. This manipulation of the argument filename causes filename control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-12209. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in wphealth WP Umbrella Plugin up to 2.17.0 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function umbrella-restore. The manipulation of the argument filename with an unknown input leads to a filename control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-98. The PHP application receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before its usage in "require," "include," or similar functions. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Umbrella: Update Backup Restore & Monitoring plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 2.17.0 via the 'filename' parameter of the 'umbrella-restore' action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

The weakness was presented by Arkadiusz Hydzik. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-12209 since 12/04/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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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Type

• WordPress Plugin

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• wphealth

Name

• WP Umbrella Plugin

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17.0

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