Paypal Currency Converter Basic Plugin up to 1.3 on WordPress proxy.php requrl path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Paypal Currency Converter Basic Plugin up to 1.3 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the file proxy.php. Such manipulation of the argument requrl leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5065. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Paypal Currency Converter Basic Plugin up to 1.3 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file proxy.php. The manipulation of the argument requrl 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, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in proxy.php in the google currency lookup in the Paypal Currency Converter Basic For WooCommerce plugin before 1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the requrl parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 06/24/2015 (Website). The advisory is available at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5065 since 06/24/2015. 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. By approaching the search of inurl:proxy.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (37253) and SecurityFocus (BID 75416†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Paypal Currency Converter Basic Plugin 1.4

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 132278
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5065 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5065
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76082
SecurityFocus: 75416 - WordPress Paypal Currency Converter Basic For Woocommerce Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2015 09:33
Updated: 02/19/2025 10:39
Changes: 06/25/2015 09:33 (52), 04/18/2019 16:26 (7), 05/21/2022 20:13 (3), 02/19/2025 10:39 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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