WordPress s2Member Plugin "s2member_file_download" File Disclosure Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been reported in the s2Member plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed via the "s2member_file_download" parameter to index.php is not properly verified in wp-content/plugins/s2member/includes/classes/files-in.inc.php before being used to read files. This can be exploited to disclose the content of arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal sequences.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 110812.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
WordPress s2Member Plugin
     
Solution   Update to version 110812 or later.
     
CVE  
     
References   s2Member:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/s2member/changelog/
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/422503/s2member/trunk/includes/classes/files-in.inc.php?old=417783&
old_path=s2member%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fclasses%2Ffiles-in.inc.php
     
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
Misc : Local File Inclusion - suspicious /etc/passwd found in URL
3.5.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2011-09-14 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote