CVE-2024-38772 Path traversal in JetWidgets for Elementor and WooCommerce
Contributors can exploit a path traversal flaw in the JetWidgets plugin to perform local file inclusion, potentially reading sensitive server files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38772?
CVE-2024-38772 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Crocoblock JetWidgets for Elementor and WooCommerce, published on 1 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Crocoblock JetWidgets for Elementor and WooCommerce allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects JetWidgets for Elementor and WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.1.7.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38772?
How do I fix CVE-2024-38772?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38772 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-2024-38772 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38772 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-435h-73r2-vf64.