WordPress SEO Tools Plugin "file" File Disclosure Vulnerability


Description   John Leitch has discovered a vulnerability in the SEO Tools plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
Input passed to the "file" parameter in wp-content/plugins/seo-automatic-seo-tools/feedcommander/get_download.php is not properly verified before being used to display files. This can be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.0. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
WordPress SEO Tools Plugin 3.x
     
Solution   Update to version 3.1.8.
     
CVE  
     
References   SEO Tools:
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/518509/seo-automatic-seo-tools
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-automatic-seo-tools/changelog/
John Leitch:
http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/WordPress.SEO.Tools.by.SEO.Automatic.3.0.Local.File.Inclusion/60
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
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 
2010-11-08 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote