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CVE-2021-24549
MEDIUM4.9
Description
The AceIDE WordPress plugin through 2.6.2 does not sanitise or validate the user input which is appended to system paths before using it in various actions, such as to read arbitrary files from the server. This allows high privilege users such as administrator to access any file on the web server outside of the blog directory via a path traversal attack.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score4.9
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredHIGH
User InteractionNONE
Published8/23/2021
Last Modified11/21/2024
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
aceide_project:aceide
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-22
References
https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-aceide/(contact@wpscan.com)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c594abaf-b152-448c-8a20-9b3267fe547a(contact@wpscan.com)
https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-aceide/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c594abaf-b152-448c-8a20-9b3267fe547a(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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