Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect <= 2.1 - Authenticated Local File Inclusion

2022-05-16 12:18

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.1.1

Affected PluginHover Effects – easily create any hover effect

Affected Version<= 2.1

CVSS6.8Medium

CVECVE-2022-29447

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Vulnerability Overview

Authenticated (administrator or higher user role) Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Wow-Company's Hover Effects plugin <= 2.1 at WordPress.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')) The PHP application receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before its usage in require, include, or similar functions.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29447 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e82cdfab-8090-4979-81b6-5b860e9ae187

CVSS Vector

6.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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