CVE-2024-37423

WordPress Newspack Blocks plugin <= 3.0.8 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Directory Deletion vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 8.5 High
Published: Nov 1, 2024
Updated: Apr 28, 2026
Reserved: Jun 9, 2024

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Automattic Newspack Blocks allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Newspack Blocks: from n/a through 3.0.8.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Newspack BlocksAutomattic	3.0.8 and earlierAffectedfrom 3.0.9Not affected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/newspack-blocks/wordpress-newspack-blocks-plugin-3-0-8-contributor-arbitrary-directory-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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