Smush Image Plugin for WordPress < 2.7.6 Directory Traversal

high Nessus Plugin ID 105162

Synopsis

The remote web server is running a PHP application that is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Appointments Plugin for WordPress running on the remote web server is prior to 2.7.6.
It is, therefore, affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may exploit this to reveal underlying directory structures and identify installed software.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the Smush Image Compression and Optimization Plugin for WordPress to version 2.7.6 or later

See Also

https://vuldb.com/?id.107587

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105162

File Name: wordpress_smush_image-276.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 12/12/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15079