HyperComments <= 1.2.2 - Arbitrary File Deletion

External Control of File Name or Path
CVE Not available
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published October 7, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Lenon Leite
Description

The HyperComments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion via the 'xml' GET parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete files on the vulnerable filesystem.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug hypercomments (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.2
Patched Version
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