Video Downloader for TikTok < 1.4 - Directory Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2020-24143
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published April 13, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Suzhou Aurora Infinity Information Technology Co
Description

Directory traversal in the Video Downloader for TikTok (aka downloader-tiktok) plugin 1.3 for WordPress lets an attacker get access to files that are stored outside the web root folder via the njt-tk-download-video parameter.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug downloader-tiktok (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4
Patched Version
  • 1.4
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