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CVE-2023-6120:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Welcart e-Commerce plugin for WordPress contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability (CVE-2023-6120) affecting all versions up to and including 2.9.6. The vulnerability exists in the upload_certificate_file function, which allows administrators to upload .pem or .crt files to arbitrary locations on the server (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Path Traversal issue (CWE-22) that allows for improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory. The CVSS v3.1 scores vary between sources, with NVD rating it as 2.7 LOW (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) and Wordfence rating it as 4.1 MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated administrators to upload certificate files (.pem or .crt) to arbitrary locations on the server, potentially leading to security implications depending on the server configuration and file placement (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to a version newer than 2.9.6 to address this vulnerability. The issue has been fixed in subsequent releases (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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