Startklar Elementor Addons <= 1.7.15 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary Directory Deletion

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2024-5153
CVSS Critical (9.1)
Publicly Published June 5, 2024
Last Updated June 6, 2024
Researcher stealthcopter
Description

The Startklar Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.15 via the 'dropzone_hash' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to copy the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information, and to delete arbitrary directories, including the root WordPress directory.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug startklar-elmentor-forms-extwidgets (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.15
Patched Version
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