PT-2024-38329 · WordPress · Obfuscate Email

Matthew Rollings + 1 · Published 2024-08-09 · Updated 2024-08-12 · CVE-2024-7413

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Obfuscate Email plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.8.1

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full path of the web application, which can aid other attacks. This is due to the plugin allowing direct access to the bootstrap.php file with display errors enabled. The information displayed is not useful on its own and requires another issue to be present for damage to an affected website.

Recommendations For Obfuscate Email plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.8.1, consider disabling direct access to the bootstrap.php file as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-7413

Affected Products

Obfuscate Email

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7413 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/obfuscate-email/trunk/phpunit/bootstrap.php · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/228079da-3c69-423c-b69b-f1a670258772?source=cve · Note