CAOS <= 4.1.8 - Admin+ Arbitrary Folder Deletion via Path Traversal

4.9
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2021-25020
CVSS 4.9 (Medium)
Publicly Published December 1, 2021
Last Updated October 27, 2022
Researcher José Aguilera

Description

The CAOS | Host Google Analytics Locally WordPress plugin before 4.1.9 does not validate the cache directory setting, allowing high privilege users to use a path traversal vector and delete arbitrary folders when uninstalling the plugin

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Vulnerability Details for CAOS | Host Google Analytics Locally

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug host-analyticsjs-local (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.1.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1.8
Patched Version
  • 4.1.9

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