KenBurner Slider (All Versions) - Path Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE	Not available
CVSS	High (7.5)
Publicly Published	August 21, 2014
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	MF0x, Daniel Pentest

Description

The KenBurner Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions via the kbslider_show_image function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	kbslider (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= *
Patched Version

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