CVE-2024-6567

Ebook Store <= 5.8001 - Unauthenticated Full Path Disclosure

2024-08-01 13:11
stealthcopter

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 5.8002
Affected Plugin
Ebook Store
Affected Version
<= 5.8001
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE
CVE-2024-6567
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At a glance

CVE-2024-6567 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Ebook Store WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.8001. 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 5.8002; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2024, reported by stealthcopter.

Vulnerability Overview

The Ebook Store plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Full Path Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 5.8001. This is due to the plugin utilizing fpdi-protection and not preventing direct access to test files that have display_errors set to true. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full path of the web application, which can be used to aid other attacks. The information displayed is not useful on its own, and requires another vulnerability to be present for damage to an affected website. The plugin vendor removed the test files, however, did not increment the version meaning this is inadequately patched in the same version that is affected.

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-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in Ebook Store <= 5.8001 takes no account at all. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Ebook Store the fix is 5.8002: builds <= 5.8001 are affected, anything from 5.8002 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 5.8002, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Ebook Store 5.8002 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6567https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ebe431a7-b552-4891-9784-c6a7353228dahttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6567

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