CVE-2024-5709

Aug. 6, 2024, 4:30 p.m.

Awaiting Analysis
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

Products

WPBakery Visual Composer plugin

  • up to 7.7

Source

security@wordfence.com

Tags

CVE-2024-5709 details

Published : Aug. 6, 2024, 6:15 a.m.
Last Modified : Aug. 6, 2024, 4:30 p.m.

Description

The WPBakery Visual Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 7.7 via the 'layout_name' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, and with post permissions granted by an Administrator, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

CVSS Score

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.8 9 10

Weakness

Weakness Name Description
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

8.8

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

5.9

Base Severity

HIGH

This website uses the NVD API, but is not approved or certified by it.