SB2018031615 - Path traversal in WordPress Site Editor
Published: March 16, 2018 Updated: December 6, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018031615
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
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
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.