Membership Simplified <= 1.58 - Arbitrary File Download

2017-03-13 00:00
Larry W. Cashdollar

Strategic Overview

Status
Unpatched
Affected PluginMembership Simplified
Affected Version<= 1.58
CVSS9.8Critical
CVECVE-2017-1002008
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Vulnerability Overview

Vulnerability in wordpress plugin membership-simplified-for-oap-members-only v1.58, The file download code located membership-simplified-for-oap-members-only/download.php does not check whether a user is logged in and has download privileges.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')) The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

External References

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