Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin <= 3.1.1 - Directory Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE	CVE-2014-8606
CVSS	Medium (4.9)
Publicly Published	October 17, 2014
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Larry W. Cashdollar

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter in a json_return action in the xcloner_show page to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	xcloner-backup-and-restore (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.1.2
Patched Version	3.1.2

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