Media File Manager <= 1.4.2 - Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Read

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2018-19043
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published May 11, 2018
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Pasquale Turi
Description

The Media File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.4.2 via the dir parameter. This allows attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug media-file-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.2
Patched Version
  • 1.4.3
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