DMSGuestbook <= 1.8.0 - Directory Traversal

5.3
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2008-0615
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 2, 2008
Last Updated December 5, 2022
Researcher NBBN

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-admin/admin.php in the DMSGuestbook 1.8.0 and 1.7.0 plugin for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) folder and (2) file parameters.

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Vulnerability Details for DMSGuestbook

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug dmsguestbook (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.8.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.0
Patched Version
  • 1.8.1

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