PT-2018-16872 · WordPress · Gd Rating System

Published 2018-01-08 · Updated 2018-01-19 · CVE-2018-5291

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GD Rating System plugin version 2.3

Description The issue concerns a Directory Traversal problem in the wp-admin/admin.php panel, specifically with the gd-rating-system-tools page. This affects the WordPress plugin's functionality.

Recommendations For GD Rating System plugin version 2.3, consider restricting access to the gd-rating-system-tools page in the wp-admin/admin.php panel until a patch is available. Avoid using the vulnerable parameter in the affected page to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5291

Affected Products

Gd Rating System

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/gd-rating-system.md · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5291 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5291 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xss-lfi-bugs-at-the-latest-version-of-gd-rating-system · Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8995 · Note