Name: CVE-2020-10564: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-10564, CWE-22, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.31747

An issue was discovered in the File Upload plugin before 4.13.0 for WordPress. A directory traversal can lead to remote code execution by uploading a crafted txt file into the lib directory, because of a wfu_include_lib call.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Wp File Upload Plugin	—	Update wp-file-upload plugin to version 4.13.0, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Mar 13, 2020

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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