PayPal Currency Converter BASIC for WooCommerce <= 1.3 - Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read

2015-06-10 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.4

Affected PluginPayPal Currency Converter BASIC for WooCommerce

Affected Version<= 1.3

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2015-5065

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Vulnerability Overview

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in proxy.php in the google currency lookup in the Paypal Currency Converter Basic For WooCommerce plugin before 1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the requrl parameter.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.4, or a newer patched version --- 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

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5065 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cf6563a4-56ca-46b1-a854-aad7cc550f73

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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