vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: host-analyticsjs-local: CVE-2021-25020: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Dec 1, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 1, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The CAOS | Host Google Analytics Locally WordPress plugin before 4.1.9 does not validate the cache directory setting, allowing high privilege users to use a path traversal vector and delete arbitrary folders when uninstalling the plugin
Solution
host-analyticsjs-local-plugin-cve-2021-25020
References
Rapid7 Labs
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