Description

WordPress Plugin Tom M8te is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input. Exploiting this issue can allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks. WordPress Plugin Tom M8te version 1.5.3 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.6.0 or latest

References

https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-tom-m8te-local-file-inclusion/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/tom-m8te/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2014-5187 CWE-22 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Directory Traversal