PT-2012-4831 · WordPress · Plugin Newsletter

Sammy Forgit · Published 2012-06-19 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-3588

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Plugin Newsletter plugin version 1.5 for WordPress

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the preview.php file. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) in the data parameter.

Recommendations For Plugin Newsletter plugin version 1.5, consider restricting access to the preview.php file until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the data parameter in the vulnerable preview.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3588

Affected Products

Plugin Newsletter

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19018 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/19018 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://opensyscom.fr/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-plugin-newsletter-remote-file-disclosure-vulnerability.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3588 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49464 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76171 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3588 · Note