Icegram Express <= 5.6.23 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Read

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2023-5414
CVSS Critical (9.1)
Publicly Published October 11, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marco Wotschka
Description

The Icegram Express plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 5.6.23 via the show_es_logs function. This allows administrator-level attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information including those belonging to other sites, for example in shared hosting environments.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug email-subscribers (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.6.23
Patched Version
  • 5.6.24
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