CVE-2024-8538 Big File Uploads <= 2.1.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Full Path Disclosure
Authenticated attackers can retrieve the full web application path via unsanitized error messages, aiding further attacks.
- 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-2024-8538?
CVE-2024-8538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in bww Big File Uploads – Increase Maximum File Upload Size, published on 7 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Big File Uploads – Increase Maximum File Upload Size plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Full Path Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due the plugin not sanitizing a file path in an error message. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8538?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Infiniteuploads Big File Uploads.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8538?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-8538 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in bww Big File Uploads – Increase Maximum File Upload Size
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x2m7-9j9x-5v33.