PT-2016-3623 · Unknown · Zip Attachments

Larry0 · Published 2016-01-08 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2015-4694

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 Zip Attachments plugin versions prior to 1.5.1

Description A directory traversal issue exists, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) in the za file parameter of the download.php file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.1, update to version 1.5.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the download.php file until the update is applied. Avoid using the za file parameter in the download.php file until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-4694

Affected Products

Zip Attachments

References · 9

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/2 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=126 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/12/4 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4694 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/zip-attachments/changelog · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/75211 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4694 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zip-attachments-wordpress-plugin-v114-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?replies=1 · Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8047 · Note