vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: downloader-tiktok: CVE-2020-24143: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Apr 13, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 13, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
Directory traversal in the Video Downloader for TikTok (aka downloader-tiktok) plugin 1.3 for WordPress lets an attacker get access to files that are stored outside the web root folder via the njt-tk-download-video parameter.
Solution
downloader-tiktok-plugin-cve-2020-24143
References
Rapid7 Labs
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