WordPress Comments Import & Export <= 2.3.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read via Directory Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2024-7514
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published October 10, 2024
Last Updated October 11, 2024
Researcher scottaglia
Description

The WordPress Comments Import & Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to to arbitrary file read due to insufficient file path validation during the comments import process, in versions up to, and including, 2.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The issue was partially fixed in version 2.3.8 and fully fixed in 2.3.9

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug comments-import-export-woocommerce (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.3.7
Patched Version
  • 2.3.9
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