GMAce <= 1.5.2 - Authenticated(Admin+) Directory Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2023-23872
CVSS Medium (4.9)
Publicly Published February 23, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)
Description

The GMAce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to directory traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 via the 'gm-download-file' parameter. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions to download arbitrary files from the webserver.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug gmace (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.2
Patched Version
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