WP Background Takeover < 4.1.5 - Directory 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-2018-9118
CVSS	High (7.5)
Publicly Published	April 6, 2018
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Colette Chamberland

Description

exports/download.php in the 99 Robots WP Background Takeover Advertisements plugin before 4.1.5 for WordPress has Directory Traversal via a .. in the filename parameter.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wpsite-background-takeover (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 4.1.4
Patched Version	4.1.5

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