Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.4.1
- Affected Plugin
- WP Marketplace – Complete Shopping Cart / eCommerce Solution
- Affected Version
< 2.4.1- CVSS
- 6.5Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CVE
CVE-2014-9014
At a glance
CVE-2014-9014 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the WP Marketplace WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 2.4.1. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). The issue is fixed in version 2.4.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2015, reported by Kacper Szurek.
Vulnerability Overview
Directory traversal vulnerability in the ajaxinit function in wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php in the WP Marketplace plugin before 2.4.1 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to download arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Reaching this weakness in WP Marketplace < 2.4.1 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. 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 WP Marketplace the fix is 2.4.1: builds < 2.4.1 are affected, anything from 2.4.1 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.4.1, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to WP Marketplace: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WP Marketplace 2.4.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
Related records
Other vulnerabilities in WP Marketplace – Complete Shopping Cart / eCommerce Solution
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