CVE-2024-3934 Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce 7.3.0 - 7.6.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Download

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability to download and read arbitrary files on the server, potentially exposing sensitive information.

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-2024-3934?

CVE-2024-3934 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in claudiosanches Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce, published on 20 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in versions 7.3.0 to 7.5.1 via the mercadopagoDownloadLog function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to download and read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The arbitrary file download was patched in 7.5.1, while the missing authorization was corrected in version 7.6.2.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3934?

How do I fix CVE-2024-3934?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3934 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-2024-3934 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3934 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6mcq-3j8g-82cj.

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