CVE-2018-8719

Description

An issue was discovered in the WP Security Audit Log plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress. Access to wp-content/uploads/wp-security-audit-log/* files is not restricted. For example, these files are indexed by Google and allows for attackers to possibly find sensitive information.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

WordPress Plugin WP Security Audit Log 3.1.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure EDB-44371 · webapps · Mar 30, 2018

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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 WP Security Audit Log 3.1.1 - Information Disclosure http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-8719.yaml

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

References

44371 exploit