CVE-2014-8801

Paid Memberships Pro < 1.7.15 - Directory Traversal

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Directory traversal vulnerability in services/getfile.php in the Paid Memberships Pro plugin before 1.7.15 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the QUERY_STRING in a getfile action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en services/getfile.php en el plugin Paid Memberships Pro anterior a 1.7.15 para WordPress permite a atacantes remotos leer ficheros arbitrarios a través de un .. (punto punto) en QUERY_STRING en una acción getfile en wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Paid Memberships Pro version 1.7.14.2 suffers from a path traversal vulnerability.

*Credits: Kacper Szurek

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-11-13 CVE Reserved
2014-11-14 CVE Published
2014-11-19 First Exploit
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-10-10 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://security.szurek.pl/paid-memberships-pro-17142-path-traversal.html	Broken Link
http://www.paidmembershipspro.com/2014/11/critical-security-update-pmpro-v1-7-15	Release Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71293	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98805	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/changelog	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35303	2014-11-19
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129189/Paid-Memberships-Pro-1.7.14.2-Path-Traversal.html	2024-08-06
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35303	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Strangerstudios Search vendor "Strangerstudios"		Paid Memberships Pro Search vendor "Strangerstudios" for product "Paid Memberships Pro"				< 1.7.15 Search vendor "Strangerstudios" for product "Paid Memberships Pro" and version " < 1.7.15"		wordpress		Affected