Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress < 4.29991 — Directory Traversal
CVE-2019-15648Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <4.29991Update to 4.29991 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress
- Affected< 4.29991
- Patched in4.29991
Update to 4.29991 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 4.29991. Version 4.29991 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.29991, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to WPScanTeam.
The Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 4.2999 via the rename_dir. This allows authenticated user with a role as low as subscriber to delete and rename arbitrary folders.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.