CVE-2024-6562 affiliate-toolkit <= 3.5.5 - Unauthenticated Full Path Dislcosure

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve the full web application path due to enabled display errors, aiding further attacks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-6562?

CVE-2024-6562 is a medium-severity vulnerability in cservit affiliate-toolkit – Multi-Network Affiliate & Amazon Product Display, published on 9 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The affiliate-toolkit – WordPress Affiliate Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Full Path Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.5. This is due display_errors being set to true . This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full path of the web application, which can be used to aid other attacks. The information displayed is not useful on its own, and requires another vulnerability to be present for damage to an affected website.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6562?

How do I fix CVE-2024-6562?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6562 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-6562 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6562 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-96xq-492q-g359.

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