CVE-2014-9461

Cart66 Lite - WordPress Ecommerce < 1.5.4 - Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Disclosure

2015-01-01 00:00
James Hooker

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.5.4
Affected Version
< 1.5.4
CVSS
6.5Medium
Weakness type
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE
CVE-2014-9461
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At a glance

CVE-2014-9461 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Cart66 Lite : WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.5.4. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). The issue is fixed in version 1.5.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2015, reported by James Hooker.

Vulnerability Overview

Directory traversal vulnerability in models/Cart66.php in the Cart66 Lite plugin before 1.5.4 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the member_download action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

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

Reaching this weakness in Cart66 Lite : < 1.5.4 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. 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 Cart66 Lite : the fix is 1.5.4: builds < 1.5.4 are affected, anything from 1.5.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.5.4, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Cart66 Lite :: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Cart66 Lite : 1.5.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

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