PT-2014-3299 · WordPress · Advanced Dewplayer Plugin

Henrisalo · Published 2014-01-02 · Updated 2014-02-25 · CVE-2013-7240

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 Advanced Dewplayer plugin version 1.2 for WordPress

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dew file parameter in the download-file.php file.

Recommendations For Advanced Dewplayer plugin version 1.2, consider restricting access to the download-file.php file until a patch is available, or avoid using the dew file parameter in the affected endpoint.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-7240

Affected Products

Advanced Dewplayer Plugin

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/38936 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/64587 · Exploit
• http://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-vulnerability-cve-2013-7240-directory-traversal · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7240 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7240 · Note
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/566 · Note
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/570 · Note