WordPress Comments Import & Export <= 2.3.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read via Directory Traversal
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
Type: plugin
CVSS Score: 6.5
CVE: CVE-2024-7514
Link: https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/comments-import-export-woocommerce.2.3.7.zip
You need a valid wt_nonce for this to work.
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:41:16 GMT
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