OMGF <= 4.5.3 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal in REST API

9.1
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2021-24638
CVSS 9.1 (Critical)
Publicly Published August 23, 2021
Last Updated January 17, 2023
Researcher apple502j

Description

The OMGF WordPress plugin before 4.5.4 does not escape or validate the handle parameter of the REST API, which allows unauthenticated users to perform path traversal and overwrite arbitrary CSS file with Google Fonts CSS, or download fonts uploaded on Google Fonts website.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug host-webfonts-local (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.5.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.5.3
Patched Version
  • 4.5.4

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