Social Web Suite – Social Media Auto Post, Social Media Auto Publish <= 4.1.11 - Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Download

2024-10-02 15:30
Thanh Nam Tran

Vulnerability Overview

The Social Web Suite – Social Media Auto Post, Social Media Auto Publish plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.11 via the download_log function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.1.12, 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

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