Media from FTP Plugin < 9.85 - Directory Traversal

7.5
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2018-5310
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published November 13, 2018
Last Updated December 5, 2022

Description

The Media from FTP Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 9.84 via the searchdir parameter to the wp-admin/admin.php?page=mediafromftp-search-register URI. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

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Vulnerability Details for Media from FTP

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug media-from-ftp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 9.85, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 9.85
Patched Version
  • 9.85

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