PT-2019-7429 · WordPress · History-Collection Plugin

Published 2019-10-10 · Updated 2019-10-16 · CVE-2015-9470

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 history-collection plugin versions through 1.1.1 for WordPress

Description The issue concerns directory traversal via the var parameter in the download.php endpoint. This allows unauthorized access to sensitive files and directories.

Recommendations For history-collection plugin versions through 1.1.1, consider disabling the download.php endpoint until a patch is available. Restrict access to the var parameter in the download.php endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9470

Affected Products

History-Collection Plugin

References · 6

• 🔥 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132279 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9470 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9470 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/7346 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/history-collection/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/7464 · Telegram Post