LWS Affiliation <= 2.2.6 - Unauthenticated Remote/Local File Inclusion

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
CVE CVE-2023-32297
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published July 24, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marco Wotschka, Jonas Höbenreich
Description

The LWS Affiliation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote/Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 2.2.6 via the 'path' parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary remote code on the server, provided that allow_url_include is enabled. Local File Inclusion is also possible, albeit less useful because it requires that the attacker be able to upload a malicious php file via FTP or some other means into a directory readable by the web server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug lws-affiliation (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.6
Patched Version
  • 2.3
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