Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.59
- Affected Plugin
- WordPress Exit Strategy
- Affected Version
<= 1.55- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CVE
CVE-2013-10024
At a glance
CVE-2013-10024 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the WordPress Exit Strategy WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.55. 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 1.59; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2013.
Vulnerability Overview
The WordPress Exit Strategy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Full Path Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 1.55. This is due the plugin not properly restricting direct access to the exitpage.php file. 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.
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 WordPress Exit Strategy <= 1.55 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. 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 WordPress Exit Strategy the fix is 1.59: builds <= 1.55 are affected, anything from 1.59 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.59, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The fix is the thing that ends this: WordPress Exit Strategy 1.59 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Alerts
External References
Related records
Other vulnerabilities in WordPress Exit Strategy
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