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 version 4.5.26 - plugin closed
References
Classification
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Aleksi Kistauri
Submitter
Aleksi Kistauri
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Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-09-26 (about 8 months ago)
Added
2022-09-26 (about 8 months ago)
Last Updated
2022-10-03 (about 7 months ago)