WordPress Core < 4.8.2 - Directory Traversal via Customizer

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2017-14722
CVSS Medium (4.9)
Publicly Published September 19, 2017
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Weston Ruter
Description

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress allowed a Directory Traversal attack in the Customizer component via a crafted theme filename.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.21
  • 3.8 - 3.8.21
  • 3.9 - 3.9.19
  • 4.0 - 4.0.18
  • 4.1 - 4.1.18
  • 4.2 - 4.2.15
  • 4.3 - 4.3.11
  • 4.4 - 4.4.10
  • 4.5 - 4.5.9
  • 4.6 - 4.6.6
  • 4.7 - 4.7.5
  • 4.8 - 4.8.1
Patched Version
  • 3.7.22
  • 3.8.22
  • 3.9.20
  • 4.0.19
  • 4.1.19
  • 4.2.16
  • 4.3.12
  • 4.4.11
  • 4.5.10
  • 4.6.7
  • 4.7.6
  • 4.8.2
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