LifterLMS <= 7.4.2 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary CSV File Deletion

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2023-6160
CVSS Low (3.3)
Publicly Published November 5, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Hüseyin TINTAŞ
Description

The LifterLMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 7.4.2 via the maybe_serve_export function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator or LMS manager access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary CSV files on the server, which can contain sensitive information as well as removing those files from the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug lifterlms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 7.4.2
Patched Version
  • 7.5.0
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