Administrator file read via unchecked FILE_PATH
Published Dec 18, 2023 · Updated Sep 30, 2024
Path traversal in Quttera Web Malware Scanner before 3.4.2.1 allows remote authenticated users with Administrator access to read files. The scanner-show_file AJAX action passes the attacker-controlled FILE_PATH value to a file-display path without restricting traversal sequences. A valid WordPress Administrator session and nonce are required, and the demonstrated consequence is reading files accessible to the PHP process.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Quttera Web Malware Scanner before 3.4.2.1 allows remote authenticated users with Administrator access to read files. The scanner-show_file AJAX action passes the attacker-controlled FILE_PATH value to a file-display path without restricting traversal sequences. A valid WordPress Administrator session and nonce are required, and the demonstrated consequence is reading files accessible to the PHP process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-6222
- Published
- Dec 18, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 30, 2024
- Vendor
- Quttera
- Product
- Quttera ThreatSign – Web Malware Scanner for WordPress
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 18, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 30, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.4.2.1
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Public exploit references
- WPScan scanner-show_file path traversal proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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