katsushi-kawamori Moving Media Library Plugin up to 1.22 on WordPress wp-config.php generate_json_page path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in katsushi-kawamori Moving Media Library Plugin up to 1.22 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function generate_json_page of the file wp-config.php. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-13897. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in katsushi-kawamori Moving Media Library Plugin up to 1.22 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function generate_json_page of the file wp-config.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Moving Media Library plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the generate_json_page function in all versions up to, and including, 1.22. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, 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 weakness was released by Emil. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-13897 since 02/20/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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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• Software Library

Vendor

• katsushi-kawamori

Name

• Moving Media Library Plugin

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22

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