In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, authors could bypass intended restrictions on post types via crafted input.

The mw_editPost function in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in the XMLRPC subsystem in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and arrange for a private post to be published and sticky, via unspecified vectors.

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Thimo Grauerholz WP-Spreadplugin up to 3.8.6.1 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file spreadplugin.php. The manipulation of the argument Spreadplugin leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 3.8.6.6 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is a9b9afc641854698e80aa5dd9ababfc8e0e57d69. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-261676.

WordPress before 3.7.2 and 3.8.x before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to publish posts by leveraging the Contributor role, related to wp-admin/includes/post.php and wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php.

The create_post function in wp-includes/class-wp-atom-server.php in WordPress before 3.4.2 does not perform a capability check, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and publish new posts by leveraging the Contributor role and using the Atom Publishing Protocol (aka AtomPub) feature.

wp-admin/user-edit.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to read the metadata of an arbitrary user via a modified user_id parameter.

wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 3.0.6 does not enforce the publish_posts capability requirement, which allows remote authenticated users to perform publish actions by leveraging the Contributor role.

A flaw exists in Wordpress related to the 'wp-admin/press-this.php 'script improperly checking user permissions when publishing posts. This may allow a user with 'Contributor-level' privileges to post as if they had 'publish_posts' permission.

WordPress before 4.2.3 does not properly verify the edit_posts capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and create drafts by leveraging the Subscriber role, as demonstrated by a post-quickdraft-save action to wp-admin/post.php.

WordPress before 3.5.2 does not properly check the capabilities of roles, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions on publishing and authorship reassignment via unspecified vectors.

A vulnerability was found in dd32 Debug Bar Plugin up to 0.8 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function render of the file panels/class-debug-bar-queries.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 0.8.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 0842af8f8a556bc3e39b9ef758173b0a8a9ccbfc. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-222739.

Directory traversal vulnerability in main.php in the WP-Lytebox plugin 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the pg parameter.

Directory traversal vulnerability in getConfig.php in the Page Flip Image Gallery plugin 0.2.2 and earlier for WordPress, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the book_id parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the get_category_template function in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier, and 2.5, allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary PHP files via the cat parameter in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

WordPress through 4.9.6 allows Author users to execute arbitrary code by leveraging directory traversal in the wp-admin/post.php thumb parameter, which is passed to the PHP unlink function and can delete the wp-config.php file. This is related to missing filename validation in the wp-includes/post.php wp_delete_attachment function. The attacker must have capabilities for files and posts that are normally available only to the Author, Editor, and Administrator roles. The attack methodology is to delete wp-config.php and then launch a new installation process to increase the attacker's privileges.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the VideoWhisper Live Streaming Integration plugin before 4.29.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the s parameter to ls/rtmp_login.php or (2) delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the s parameter to ls/rtmp_logout.php.

Directory traversal vulnerability in download-file.php in the Advanced Dewplayer plugin 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dew_file parameter.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the zing_forum_output function in forum.php in the Zingiri Forum (aka Forums) plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the url parameter to index.php.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Google Doc Embedder plugin before 2.5.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to libs/pdf.php.

Directory traversal vulnerability in preview.php in the Plugin Newsletter plugin 1.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the data parameter.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in resize.php in the PictPress 0.91 and earlier plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) size or (2) path parameter.

Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php. NOTE: this might be the same as CVE-2006-5705.1.

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in download.php in the Count Per Day module before 3.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the f parameter.

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack during unzip operations in the ZipArchive and PclZip components.

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

Directory traversal vulnerability in the File_Upload_Upgrader class in wp-admin/includes/class-file-upload-upgrader.php in the upgrade package uploader in WordPress before 4.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files via a crafted urlholder parameter.

Directory traversal vulnerability in meb_download.php in the myEASYbackup plugin 1.0.8.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dwn_file parameter.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the page parameter to certain PHP scripts under wp-admin/ or (2) the import parameter to wp-admin/admin.php, as demonstrated by discovering the full path via a request for the \..\..\wp-config pathname; and allow remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the BackWPup plugin before 1.4.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the wpabs parameter to (1) app/options-view_log-iframe.php or (2) app/options-runnow-iframe.php.

Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-download.php in the WP Custom Pages module 0.5.0.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%2F (encoded dot dot) sequences in the url parameter.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress 4.5.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or read certain text files via a .. (dot dot) in the plugin parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, as demonstrated by /dev/random read operations that deplete the entropy pool.

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 6.2, via the ‘wp_lang’ parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to access and load arbitrary translation files. In cases where an attacker is able to upload a crafted translation file onto the site, such as via an upload form, this could be also used to perform a Cross-Site Scripting attack.

The McFeeder server (distributed as part of SSW package), is susceptible to an arbitrary file write vulnerability on the MAIN computer system. This vulnerability stems from the use of an outdated version of a third-party library, which is used to extract archives uploaded to McFeeder server. An authenticated malicious client can exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted ZIP archive via the network to McFeeder’s service endpoint.

The license-certificate upload functionality on Cisco 8800 phones with software 11.0(1) allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary files via an invalid file, aka Bug ID CSCuz03010.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Home FTP Server 1.10.1.139 allow remote authenticated users to (1) create arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences in an MKD command or (2) create files with any contents in arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences in a file upload request. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

PHP Scripts Mall Chartered Accountant : Auditor Website 2.0.1 has directory traversal via a direct request for a listing of an image directory such as an assets/ directory.

OpenRefine before 3.2 beta allows directory traversal via a relative pathname in a ZIP archive.

IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to upload arbitrary files to the system. IBM X-Force ID: 155008.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Import/Export System Backups functionality in Apache OpenMeetings before 3.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a ZIP archive entry.

E-cology has a directory traversal vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to delete the server directory, causing the server to permanently deny service.

An issue was discovered in OFCMS before 1.1.3. It allows admin/cms/template/getTemplates.html?res_path=res directory traversal, with ../ in the dir parameter, to write arbitrary content (in the file_content parameter) into an arbitrary file (specified by the file_name parameter). This is related to the save function in TemplateController.java.

A vulnerability in the web-based UI of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite files on the file system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a specific UI input field to provide a custom path location. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite files on the file system.

A path traversal vulnerability exists in Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin 1.15 and older in HtmlPublisherTarget.java that allows attackers able to configure the HTML Publisher build step to override arbitrary files on the Jenkins master.

A directory traversal vulnerability in the component system/manager/class/web/database.php was discovered in Baijiacms V4 which allows attackers to arbitrarily delete folders on the server via the "id" parameter.

A vulnerability in the application data endpoints of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of requests to APIs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an API within the affected application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and write files to an arbitrary location on the targeted system.

pgAdmin 4 versions prior to v6.19 contains a directory traversal vulnerability. A user of the product may change another user's settings or alter the database.

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in encrypted share umount functionality in Synology Active Backup for Business before 2.7.1-13234, 2.7.1-23234 and 2.7.1-3234 allows remote authenticated users to write specific files via unspecified vectors.

The Gluster file system through version 4.1.4 is vulnerable to abuse of the 'features/index' translator. A remote attacker with access to mount volumes could exploit this via the 'GF_XATTROP_ENTRY_IN_KEY' xattrop to create arbitrary, empty files on the target server.

An issue in the emqx_sn plugin of EMQX v4.3.8 allows attackers to execute a directory traversal via uploading a crafted .txt file.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Tools menu in Cisco Emergency Responder 10.5(1.10000.5) allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted filename, aka Bug ID CSCuv21781.