Adning Advertising <= 1.5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2020-36728
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published July 7, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file deletion via path traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files which can be used to reset and gain full control of a site.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug angwp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.5
Patched Version
  • 1.5.6
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