Buddypress Activity Plus: Filesystem traversal
Buddypress Activity Plus is affected by filesystem traversal. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server.
- Component
- Buddypress Activity Plus
- Plugin slug
buddypress-activity-plus- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 07, 2019
This CVE was published Oct 07, 2019 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Buddypress Activity Plus to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The buddypress-activity-plus plugin before 1.6.2 for WordPress has CSRF with resultant directory traversal via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php bpfb_photos[] parameter in a bpfb_remove_temp_images action.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H