Description

WordPress Plugin Delightful Downloads is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently verify user-supplied input. Exploiting this issue can allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks. WordPress Plugin Delightful Downloads version 1.6.6 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified or disable the plugin until a fix is available

References

https://github.com/jqueryfiletree/jqueryfiletree/issues/66

https://github.com/A5hleyRich/delightful-downloads/issues/165

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49693

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161900/WordPress-Delightful-Downloads-Jquery-File-Tree-1.6.6-Path-Traversal.html

https://wordpress.org/plugins/delightful-downloads/#description

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2017-1000170 CWE-22 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Directory Traversal