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CVE-2021-25020 (GCVE-0-2021-25020)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-03 12:49 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:49
VLAI
Title
CAOS < 4.1.9 - Admin+ Arbitrary Folder Deletion via Path Traversal
Summary
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
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown CAOS | Host Google Analytics Locally Affected: 4.1.9 , < 4.1.9 (custom)
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Credits
José Aguilera
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