A Page Flip Book < 3.0 - Directory Traversal

9.8
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2012-6652
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published July 10, 2012
Last Updated August 8, 2022
Researcher Charlie Eriksen - Secunia Research

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in pageflipbook.php script from index.php in Page Flip Book plugin for WordPress (wppageflip) allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the pageflipbook_language parameter.

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Vulnerability Details for A Page Flip Book

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wppageflip (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 3.0
Patched Version
  • 3.0

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