Youtube Freedown <= 1.0 - Remote Media File Inclusion

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published May 25, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Prajal Kulkarni
Description

The Youtube Freedown plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Media File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 1.0 via the player.swf file. This allows unauthenticated attackers to include remote files on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug youtubefreedown (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0
Patched Version
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