myEASYbackup < 1.0.9 - Directory Traversal

5.3
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2012-0898
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 16, 2012
Last Updated December 5, 2022
Researcher antiphastrophus

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in meb_download.php in the myEASYbackup plugin 1.0.8.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dwn_file parameter.

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Vulnerability Details for myEASYbackup

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug myeasybackup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.0.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.0.9
Patched Version
  • 1.0.9

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