Newspack Blocks <= 3.0.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2024-37423
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published June 28, 2024
Last Updated July 2, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad
Description

The Newspack Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the remove_iframe_archive() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary directories on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug newspack-blocks (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.8
Patched Version
  • 3.0.9
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