DMSGuestbook <= 1.8.0 - Directory Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2008-0615
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published February 2, 2008
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher NBBN
Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-admin/admin.php in the DMSGuestbook 1.8.0 and 1.7.0 plugin for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) folder and (2) file parameters.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug dmsguestbook (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.0
Patched Version
  • 1.8.1
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