PluginPass Plugin up to 0.9.10 on WordPress path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in PluginPass Plugin up to 0.9.10 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-54291. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PluginPass Plugin up to 0.9.10 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in NotFound PluginPass allows Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls. This issue affects PluginPass: from n/a through 0.9.10.

The weakness was released by Stealthcopter. The advisory is shared at patchstack.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-54291 since 12/02/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/28/2025). 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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• WordPress Plugin

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• PluginPass Plugin

Version

• 0.9.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.10

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