Advanced Access Manager <= 5.9.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2019-25213
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published September 9, 2019
Last Updated October 16, 2024
Researcher Ov3rfly
Description

The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.1 due to insufficient validation on the aam-media parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read any file on the server, including sensitive files such as wp-config.php

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug advanced-access-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.9.9
Patched Version
  • 5.9.9
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