WordPress File Upload <= 4.12.2 - Directory Traversal to Remote Code Execution

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2020-10564
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published March 13, 2020
Last Updated June 17, 2024
Researcher riccardo krauter (p4w)
Description

An issue was discovered in the File Upload plugin before 4.13.0 for WordPress. A directory traversal can lead to remote code execution by uploading a crafted txt file into the lib directory, because of a wfu_include_lib call.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-file-upload (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.12.2
Patched Version
  • 4.13.0
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