Vulnerability · Published Aug 23, 2021 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2021-24549AceIDE <= 2.6.2 - Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Access
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in AceIDE from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The AceIDE WordPress plugin through 2.6.2 does not sanitise or validate the user input which is appended to system paths before using it in various actions, such as to read arbitrary files from the server. This allows high privilege users such as administrator to access any file on the web server outside of the blog directory via a path traversal attack.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c594abaf-b152-448c-8a20-9b3267fe547a x_refsource_MISC
- https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-aceide/ x_refsource_MISC