CVE-2012-4915 (GCVE-0-2012-4915)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-05-29 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:50
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57133 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://osvdb.org/88891 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/50832 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2013-01-03 00:00
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