Marketplace <= 2.4.0 - Path Traversal

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

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

CVE	CVE-2014-9014
CVSS	Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published	March 21, 2015
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Kacper Szurek

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ajaxinit function in wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php in the WP Marketplace plugin before 2.4.1 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to download arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wpmarketplace (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.4.1
Patched Version	2.4.1

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