WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2024-12875 Analyzed

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy: Filesystem traversal

Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy is affected by filesystem traversal. Exploitation requires at least administrator-level access. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server.

CVE / CNA score 4.9 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy
Plugin slug
easy-digital-downloads
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Dec 21, 2024
Weakness
CWE-73 — External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

This CVE was published Dec 21, 2024 and is one of 66 known issues for this plugin.

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Technical description

The Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.2 via the file download functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

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

Primary and upstream sources