WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2024-8352 Analyzed

Social Web Suite – Social Media Auto Post, Social Media Auto Publish: Filesystem traversal

Social Web Suite – Social Media Auto Post, Social Media Auto Publish is affected by filesystem traversal. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server.

CVE / CNA score 7.5 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Social Web Suite – Social Media Auto Post, Social Media Auto Publish
Plugin slug
social-web-suite
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Oct 03, 2024
Weakness
CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

This CVE was published Oct 03, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Social Web Suite – Social Media Auto Post, Social Media Auto Publish 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 Social Web Suite – Social Media Auto Post, Social Media Auto Publish plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.11 via the download_log function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary and upstream sources