WP Source Control < 3.1.1 - 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-2014-5368
CVSS	High (7.5)
Publicly Published	August 19, 2014
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Henri Salo (fgeek)

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the file_get_contents function in downloadfiles/download.php in the WP Content Source Control (wp-source-control) plugin 3.0.0 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wp-source-control (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.1.1
Patched Version	3.1.1

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