What is CVE-2024-7514?

CVE-2024-7514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webtoffee Comments Import & Export, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-7514?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-7514 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Webtoffee Comments Import & Export

CVE-2024-7514

The WordPress Comments Import & Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to to arbitrary file read due to insufficient file path validation during the comments import process, in versions up to, and including, 2.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The issue was partially fixed in version 2.3.8 and fully fixed in 2.3.9

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Webtoffee Comments Import & Export — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-7514?: CVE-2024-7514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webtoffee Comments Import & Export, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-7514?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-7514 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.