WPS Child Theme Generator < 1.2 - Directory Traversal

2019-07-23 00:00
Julio Potier

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.2
Affected Version<= 1.1
CVSS9.8Critical
CVECVE-2019-15822
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Vulnerability Overview

The wps-child-theme-generator plugin before 1.2 for WordPress has classes/helpers.php directory traversal.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.2, 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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