WP Ultimate CSV Importer <= 3.7 - Arbitrary File Read

Improper Authentication
CVE Not available
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published April 27, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher James Golovich
Description

The WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the templates/readfile.php file in versions up to, and including, 3.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read any files on the vulnerable service that PHP has access to.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-ultimate-csv-importer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
Patched Version
  • 3.7.1
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