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.
- 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
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