Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in the Zip Attachments plugin before 1.5.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the za_file parameter.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- WordPress Zip Attachments <= 1.1.4 - Arbitrary File Retrieval http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-4694.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- 75211 vdb-entry
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/zip-attachments/changelog/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8047
- [oss-security] 20150612 Re: zip-attachments v1.1.4 wordpress plugin arbitrary file download vulnerability. mailing-list
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=126
- [oss-security] 20150612 zip-attachments v1.1.4 wordpress plugin arbitrary file download vulnerability. mailing-list
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zip-attachments-wordpress-plugin-v114-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?replies=1