WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.15 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Path Traversal
Advisory: The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the \’wfu_ajax_action_read_subfolders\’ function in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform limited path traversal to view directories and subdirectories in WordPress. Files cannot be viewed.
Read more about this vulnerability: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/314ae0f5-8a4e-4bf3-9fc9-49f5b036b99e?source=api-prod
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