CVE-2021-24549 AceIDE <= 2.6.2 - Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Access
Administrators can read arbitrary files on the web server via path traversal in the AceIDE WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24549?
CVE-2021-24549 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown AceIDE, published on 23 Aug 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AceIDE WordPress plugin through 2.6.2 does not sanitise or validate the user input which is appended to system paths before using it in various actions, such as to read arbitrary files from the server. This allows high privilege users such as administrator to access any file on the web server outside of the blog directory via a path traversal attack.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24549?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Aceide Project Aceide.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24549?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24549 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2021-24549 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24549 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w5m3-5gh7-fq59.