CVE-2016-10924

published 2019-08-22

CVE-2016-10924: The ebook-download plugin before 1.2 for WordPress has directory traversal.

Priority P1 79 high 7.5 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

ITW EXPLOIT VulnCheck KEV Initial access

The ebook-download plugin before 1.2 for WordPress has directory traversal.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
zedna_ebook_download_project	zedna_ebook_download	< 1.2	1.2

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path /wp-content/plugins/ebook-download/filedownload.php?ebookdownloadurl=../../../wp-config.php↗

filename filedownload.php↗

• → Look for GET requests to filedownload.php with the 'ebookdownloadurl' parameter containing directory traversal sequences (e.g., '../') targeting sensitive files such as wp-config.php. ↗
• → Successful exploitation responses will contain both 'DB_NAME' and 'DB_PASSWORD' strings in the HTTP response body, indicating wp-config.php was read. ↗
• → Use Google dork 'inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/ebook-download"' to identify potentially vulnerable WordPress installations. ↗

• · The vulnerability affects ebook-download plugin versions prior to 1.2 only; patched installations (>=1.2) are not affected. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

vulncheck 7.5 HIGH

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