Path Traversal in Aceide Project
CVE-2021-24549
The AceIDE WordPress plugin through 2.6.2 does not sanitise or validate the user input which is appended to system paths before using it in various actions, such as to read arbitrary files from the server. This allows high privilege users such as administrator to access any file on the web server outside of the blog directory via a path traversal attack.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.016 (73.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Aceide_project Aceide
- Unknown Aceide — versions 2.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-24549?
- CVE-2021-24549 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aceide Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-08-23.
- How severe is CVE-2021-24549?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-24549 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.