ARForms <= 6.4.1 - Directory Traversal to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2024-54216
CVSS High (7.7)
Publicly Published December 2, 2024
Last Updated December 12, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong
Description

The ARforms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read arbitrary files on the server, which can expose DB credentials when the wp-config.php file is read.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug arforms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 6.4.1
Patched Version
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