CVE-2015-4617

Easy2map-photos <= 1.0.9 - Path Traversal

2015-06-08 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.1.0
Affected Plugin: Easy2Map Photos
Affected Version: <= 1.0.9
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE: CVE-2015-4617

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At a glance

CVE-2015-4617 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Easy2Map Photos WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.9. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.1.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2015, reported by Larry W. Cashdollar.

Vulnerability Overview

Vulnerability in Easy2map-photos WordPress Plugin v1.0.9 MapPinImageUpload.php and MapPinIconSave.php allows path traversal when specifying file names creating files outside of the upload directory.

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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

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

Reaching this weakness in Easy2Map Photos <= 1.0.9 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 Easy2Map Photos the fix is 1.1.0: builds <= 1.0.9 are affected, anything from 1.1.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.1.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Easy2Map Photos: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Easy2Map Photos 1.1.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4617 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9ef8906b-be0a-45d2-b1ec-6f480306d9f0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4617

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Easy2Map Photos

9.8CVE-2015-4615: Easy2Map Photos <= 1.0.9 SQL InjectionCVE-2015-4615

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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