CVE-2020-10564

WordPress File Upload <= 4.12.2 - Directory Traversal to Remote Code Execution

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

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

4.13.0

Patched in

1558d

Time to patch

Description

An issue was discovered in the File Upload plugin before 4.13.0 for WordPress. A directory traversal can lead to remote code execution by uploading a crafted txt file into the lib directory, because of a wfu_include_lib call.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=4.12.2

PublishedMarch 13, 2020

Last updatedJune 17, 2024

Affected pluginwp-file-upload

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fb5a65a2-e748-4c23-8cae-cb0a7de74911?source=api-prod

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