CVE - CVE-2021-24549

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-24549	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The AceIDE WordPress plugin through 2.6.2 does not sanitise or validate the user input which is appended to system paths before using it in various actions, such as to read arbitrary files from the server. This allows high privilege users such as administrator to access any file on the web server outside of the blog directory via a path traversal attack.
References
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MISC:https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-aceide/ URL:https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-aceide/ MISC:https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c594abaf-b152-448c-8a20-9b3267fe547a URL:https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c594abaf-b152-448c-8a20-9b3267fe547a
Assigning CNA
WPScan
Date Record Created
20210114	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20210114)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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