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WordPress Plugin 'Duplicator' Directory Traversal (CVE-2020-11738)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140193

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Synopsis

The remote WordPress application has a plugin installed that is vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability.

Description

The WordPress application running on the remote host has a version of the 'Duplicator' plugin that is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability in the duplicator_download and duplicator_init functions due to improper validation of user supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted request to download arbitrary files.

Solution

Update the WordPress 'Duplicator' plugin to version 1.3.28 or later

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8f2901d0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140193

File Name: wordpress_plugin_duplicator_cve-2020-11738.nbin

Version: 1.67

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/2/2020

Updated: 4/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11738

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Exploitable With

Elliot (WordPress Duplicator < 1.3.28 Directory Traversal)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11738