CVE-2021-24549
AceIDE <= 2.6.2 - Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Access
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 23, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 14, 2021
Description
The AceIDE WordPress plugin through 2.6.2 does not sanitise or validate the user input which is appended to system paths before using it in various actions, such as to read arbitrary files from the server. This allows high privilege users such as administrator to access any file on the web server outside of the blog directory via a path traversal attack.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
AceIDEUnknown |
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References
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