Multi Plugin Installer < 1.2.0 - Arbitrary File Read

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE Not available
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published August 24, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marcin Probola
Description

The Multi Plugin Installer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in versions before 1.2.0. This is due to vulnerable parameters 'filepath' and 'filename' in the mpi_download_file function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug multi-plugin-installer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.0
Patched Version
  • 1.2.0
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