PT-2012-4831

CVE-2012-3588

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Published

2012-06-19

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Updated

2017-08-29

Description by

CVSS 2.0
5.0
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Plugin Newsletter plugin version 1.5 for WordPress
Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the preview.php file. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) in the data parameter.
Recommendations For Plugin Newsletter plugin version 1.5, consider restricting access to the preview.php file until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the data parameter in the vulnerable preview.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (\'Path Traversal\')
Related identifiers
CVE-2012-3588
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