DM Albums for WordPress "delete_album" Directory Traversal Issue


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in DM Albums (plugin for WordPress), which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions. This issue is caused by missing access validation and an input validation error in the "dm-albums/wp-dm-albums-ajax.php" script wen processing the "delete_album" parameter, which could be exploited by attackers to delete arbitrary files and directories from a vulnerable web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
DM Albums (plugin for WordPress) version 2.0 and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to DM Albums (plugin for WordPress) version 2.1 : http://www.dutchmonkey.com/?file=downloads.html&label=Downloads
     
CVE  
     
References   http://www.dutchmonkey.com/?label=Latest+News+%26+Announcements#20091022
http://blog.ndarkness.com/blog/225/wordpress-dm-albums-version-2-0-critical-vulnerability/
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : suspicious root_path parameter found in URL
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-10-23 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote