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Wordpress: CVE-2017-14722: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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Wordpress: CVE-2017-14722: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/12/2017
Modified
05/23/2019

Description

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress allowed a Directory Traversal attack in the Customizer component via a crafted theme filename.

Solution(s)

  • wordpress-upgrade-4_8_2

References

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