CVE-2021-39316 (GCVE-0-2021-39316)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-31 11:05 – Updated: 2025-05-05 14:51Title
ZoomSounds <= 6.45 Unauthenticated Directory Traversal and Sensitive Information Dislosure
Summary
The Zoomsounds plugin <= 6.45 for WordPress allows arbitrary files, including sensitive configuration files such as wp-config.php, to be downloaded via the `dzsap_download` action using directory traversal in the `link` parameter.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-05 14:51 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisorie… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165146/WordP… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZoomIt | ZoomSounds - WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist |
Affected:
6.45 , ≤ 6.45
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2021-08-30 00:00
Shadowserver
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: f58a62a7-fd34-44a3-99be-5ac65dca55b9
Exploited: Yes
Characteristics
Severity:
75.0
Timestamps
First Seen: 2023-10-14
Asserted: 2023-10-14
Last Seen: 2026-09-05
Scope
Asset Exposure: ['internet-facing']
Notes: Affected: Wordpress / Wordpress Zoomsounds plugin | Class: cms | Severity: High (CVSS 7.5) | IoT: no | In CISA KEV: no | Honeypot connections on 2026-09-05: 1
Evidence
Type: Honeypot
Signal: In The Wild Attempts
Confidence: 70%
Source: shadowserver
Details
| 1D | 1 |
|---|---|
| Iot | no |
| Feed | Shadowserver Foundation honeypot/exploited-vulnerabilities |
| Type | http-scan |
| Class | cms |
| 7D Avg | 0 |
| Vendor | Wordpress |
| 30D Avg | 0 |
| 90D Avg | 1 |
| Product | Wordpress Zoomsounds plugin |
| Cisa Kev | no |
| Connections | 1 |
| Observation Date | 2026-09-05 |
| Vulnerability Class | CVSS |
| Vulnerability Score | 7.5 |
| Vulnerability Severity | High |
References
Created: 2026-07-01 05:54 UTC
| Updated: 2026-09-07 01:01 UTC
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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