ShineTheme Travel Booking WordPress Theme up to 3.1.8 on WordPress Shortcode hotel_alone_slider style filename control

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in ShineTheme Travel Booking WordPress Theme up to 3.1.8 on WordPress. This affects the function hotel_alone_slider of the component Shortcode Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument style results in filename control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-12811. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in ShineTheme Travel Booking WordPress Theme up to 3.1.8 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function hotel_alone_slider of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation of the argument style with an unknown input leads to a filename control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Traveler theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.8 via the 'hotel_alone_slider' shortcode 'style' attribute. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level and above permissions, 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 php file type can be uploaded and included.

The weakness was published by István Márton. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-12811 since 12/19/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at travelerwp.com.

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• Content Management System

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• ShineTheme

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• Travel Booking WordPress Theme

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• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.1.3
• 3.1.4
• 3.1.5
• 3.1.6
• 3.1.7
• 3.1.8

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