WP Attachment Export < 0.2.4 - Arbitrary File Download

2015-07-15 00:00

Nitin Venkatesh

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 0.2.4

Affected PluginWP Attachment Export

Affected Version< 0.2.4

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2015-20067

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Attachment Export WordPress plugin before 0.2.4 does not have proper access controls, allowing unauthenticated users to download the XML data that holds all the details of attachments/posts on a Wordpress

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 0.2.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-20067 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cbd8d37d-50f7-4480-acef-cdec33c9f07f

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

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

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