WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Helpful < 4.5.26 - Information Disclosure

Description

The plugin puts the exported logs and feedbacks in a publicly accessible location and guessable names, which could allow attackers to download them and retrieve sensitive information such as IP, Names and Email Address depending on the plugin's settings

Proof of Concept

After an admin export logs (via wp-admin/admin.php?page=helpful&tab=log) or feedbacks (wp-admin/admin.php?page=helpful_feedback), the CSV files can be downloaded by simply accessing the following URLs:

https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/helpful/logs.csv
https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/helpful/feedback.csv

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.5.26

References

Classification

Type
SENSITIVE DATA DISCLOSURE
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Aleksi Kistauri
Submitter
Aleksi Kistauri
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-09-26 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-09-26 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-10-03 (about 1 years ago)

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