CVE-2023-50885

Store Locator WordPress <= 1.4.14 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion

2023-12-26 00:00
Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.4.15
Affected Plugin
Agile Store Locator
Affected Version
<= 1.4.14
CVSS
6.6Medium
Weakness type
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE
CVE-2023-50885
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At a glance

CVE-2023-50885 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Agile Store Locator WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.4.14. It carries a CVSS score of 6.6 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Administrator level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.4.15; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2023, reported by Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT).

Vulnerability Overview

The Store Locator WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access and above, to delete arbitrary files.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Reaching this weakness in Agile Store Locator <= 1.4.14 takes an account at Administrator level or above. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.

Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. For Agile Store Locator the fix is 1.4.15: builds <= 1.4.14 are affected, anything from 1.4.15 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.4.15, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Administrator access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Agile Store Locator 1.4.15 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50885https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8cb5c386-eee3-4e88-a827-766a4901f432https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50885

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