Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard <= 1.8.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Download

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2024-35162
CVSS Medium (4.9)
Publicly Published May 17, 2024
Last Updated June 6, 2024
Researcher Gen Sato
Description

The Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.5 via the download_theme function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug download-plugins-dashboard (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.5
Patched Version
  • 1.8.6
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