PT-2021-16069 · WordPress · Aceide Wordpress Plugin

Shreya Pohekar · Published 2021-08-23 · Updated 2021-08-26 · CVE-2021-24549

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AceIDE WordPress plugin versions 2.6.2 and earlier

Description The issue allows high privilege users, such as administrators, to access any file on the web server outside of the blog directory via a path traversal attack. This is due to the plugin not sanitizing or validating user input that is appended to system paths before using it in various actions, such as reading arbitrary files from the server.

Recommendations For AceIDE WordPress plugin versions 2.6.2 and earlier, consider updating to a version that addresses this issue, as no specific fix is provided for these versions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24549

Affected Products

Aceide Wordpress Plugin

References · 5

• 🔥 https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-aceide · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c594abaf-b152-448c-8a20-9b3267fe547a · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24549 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/27685 · Telegram Post