Quttera Web Malware Scanner <= 3.4.1.48 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal via ShowFile

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2023-6222
CVSS Medium (6.8)
Publicly Published November 21, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dmitrii Ignatyev
Description

The Quttera Web Malware Scanner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1.48 via the ShowFile function. This allows an administrator to view arbitrary files on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug quttera-web-malware-scanner (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.4.1.48
Patched Version
  • 3.4.2.1
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