Leaflet Maps Marker Pro < 1.5.8 - Path Traversal
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.5.8
- Affected Plugin
- Leaflet Maps Marker Pro
- Affected Version
< 1.5.8- CVSS
- 7.5High
- Weakness type
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CVE
CVE pending
At a glance
This record tracks a high-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Leaflet Maps Marker Pro WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.5.8. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.5.8; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2014.
Vulnerability Overview
The Maps Marker Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.5.7. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
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. 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 Leaflet Maps Marker Pro < 1.5.8 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 Leaflet Maps Marker Pro the fix is 1.5.8: builds < 1.5.8 are affected, anything from 1.5.8 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.5.8, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Leaflet Maps Marker Pro: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Leaflet Maps Marker Pro 1.5.8 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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