Adning Advertising <= 1.5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal

6.5
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2020-36728
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 7, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet - NinTechNet

Description

The Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file deletion via path traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files which can be used to reset and gain full control of a site.

Wordfence blocked 264 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug angwp
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.5.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.5
Patched Version
  • 1.5.6

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