tera-charts 0.1 Chart fn path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in tera-charts 0.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Chart. Such manipulation of the argument fn leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-4940. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in tera-charts 0.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Chart. The manipulation of the argument fn 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 confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fn parameter to (1) charts/treemap.php or (2) charts/zoomabletreemap.php.

The weakness was released 07/11/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at plugins.trac.wordpress.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-4940 since 07/11/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 13009 (WordPress Tera Charts Plugin Multiple Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94943), Exploit-DB (39256), SecurityFocus (BID 68662†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45730†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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OpenVAS ID: 803448
OpenVAS Name: Wordpress Tera Charts Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Advisory: plugins.trac.wordpress.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-4940 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70346
X-Force: 94943
SecurityFocus: 68662 - WordPress Tera Charts Plugin CVE-2014-4940 Multiple Local File Include Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 45730 - Tera Charts (tera-charts) Plugin 0.1 for WordPress Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 06/25/2025 11:45
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (54), 06/04/2017 10:34 (8), 12/15/2024 09:36 (18), 06/25/2025 11:45 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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