OMGF <= 4.5.3 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal in REST API

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

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

CVE	CVE-2021-24638
CVSS	Critical (9.1)
Publicly Published	August 23, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	apple502j

Description

The OMGF WordPress plugin before 4.5.4 does not escape or validate the handle parameter of the REST API, which allows unauthenticated users to perform path traversal and overwrite arbitrary CSS file with Google Fonts CSS, or download fonts uploaded on Google Fonts website.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	host-webfonts-local (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 4.5.3
Patched Version	4.5.4

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