SB2018031614 - Information disclosure in Site Editor plugin for WordPress
Published: March 16, 2018 Updated: December 6, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018031614
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7422)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input submitted to the ajax_path parameter that is processed by the editor/extensions/pagebuilder/includes/ajax_shortcode_pattern.php code. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request that submits malicious input, conduct directory traversal attack access arbitrary files on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.