All In One Favicon <= 4.7 - Authenticated(Admin+) Directory Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2023-24416
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published February 23, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)
Description

All In One Favicon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via the 'aioFaviconUpdateSettings' function in versions up to, and including, 4.7. This allows authenticated attackers with administator-level permissions to delete arbitrary files on the site.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug all-in-one-favicon (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.7
Patched Version
  • 4.8
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