Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.6
- Affected Plugin
- WANotifier for Forms and Actions
- Affected Version
<= 2.5- CVSS
- 8.1High
- Weakness type
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CVE
CVE-2024-6228
At a glance
CVE-2024-6228 is a high-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the WANotifier for Forms and Actions WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.5. It carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.6; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2026, reported by Project Black.
Vulnerability Overview
The WANotifier plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other "safe" file types can be uploaded and included.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
WANotifier for Forms and Actions <= 2.5 carries this weakness at safe, and reaching it takes no account at all. 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 WANotifier for Forms and Actions the fix is 2.6: builds <= 2.5 are affected, anything from 2.6 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.6, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WANotifier for Forms and Actions 2.6 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
Related records
Other vulnerabilities in WANotifier for Forms and Actions
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