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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-8352
CVE-2024-8352:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Social Web Suite – Social Media Auto Post, Social Media Auto Publish plugin for WordPress contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability (CVE-2024-8352) affecting all versions up to and including 4.1.11. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in October 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the download_log function of the plugin, which fails to properly restrict directory traversal attempts. This vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, indicating that it can be exploited remotely without requiring privileges or user interaction (Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server. This could lead to the exposure of sensitive information stored on the affected systems (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 4.1.11 of the Social Web Suite plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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