CVE-2014-8606

Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin <= 3.1.1 - Directory Traversal

mediumImproper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

4.9

CVSS Score

4.9

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

3.1.2

Patched in

3385d

Time to patch

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter in a json_return action in the xcloner_show page to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<3.1.2

PublishedOctober 17, 2014

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginxcloner-backup-and-restore

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9bffba4-5bcd-4ef7-a8d8-84ba452827ab?source=api-prod

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