Candidate Application Form <= 1.3 - Arbitrary File Download

2015-07-12 00:00

Larry W. Cashdollar

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected Plugincandidate-application-form

Affected Version<= 1.3

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2015-1000005

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Vulnerability Overview

The Candidate Application Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Download in versions up to, and including, 1.3. This is due to insufficient sanitization in the 'downloadpdffile.php' file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download files containing sensitive information.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')) The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1000005 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d1772e79-85c7-4a8e-a5d8-8d73013e6de3

CVSS Vector

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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