Vigil@nce - WordPress Cherry: file reading via Cherry
August 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can read a file via the Cherry plugin of WordPress
Cherry, in order to get sensitive information.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 23/06/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Cherry plugin can be installed on WordPress.
However, an attacker can bypass file access restrictions via the
parameter ’file’.
An attacker can therefore read a file via the Cherry plugin of
WordPress Cherry, in order to get sensitive information.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Cherry-file-reading-via-Cherry-19963