Repute ARForms <= 3.5.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2018-15818
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published October 17, 2018
Last Updated May 15, 2024
Researcher Amir Hossein Mahboubi
Description

An issue was discovered in Repute ARForms 3.5.1 and prior. An attacker is able to delete any file on the server with web server privileges by sending a malicious request to admin-ajax.php.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug arforms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.5.2
Patched Version
  • 3.5.2
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