WordPress Renaming Tool by Vlajo <= 1.0 - Path Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE	CVE-2015-4703
CVSS	High (7.5)
Publicly Published	June 12, 2015
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Larry W. Cashdollar

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in mysqldump_download.php in the WordPress Rename plugin 1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the dumpfname parameter.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wp-instance-rename (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 1.0
Patched Version

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