WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2015-3301 Modified

TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart (aka The Professional WordPress eCommerce Plugin): Filesystem traversal

TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart (aka The Professional WordPress eCommerce Plugin) 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.

CVE / CNA score 4.0 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 4.0 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart (aka The Professional WordPress eCommerce Plugin)
Plugin slug
thecartpress
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
May 14, 2015
Weakness
CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

This CVE was published May 14, 2015 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart (aka The Professional WordPress eCommerce Plugin) 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.

Source record

Technical description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart (aka The Professional WordPress eCommerce Plugin) plugin for WordPress before 1.3.9.3 allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the tcp_box_path parameter in the checkout_editor_settings page to wp-admin/admin.php.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources