CVE-2012-3588 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in preview.php in the Plugin Newsletter plugin 1.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the data parameter.

Published: 2012-06-19

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 10.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:plugin_newsletter_plugin:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10703.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/49464
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19018
http://www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-plugin-newsletter-remote-file-disclosure-vulnerability.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76171

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Plugin Newsletter Plugin Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-06-19T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:13:50.864Z

Reserved: 2012-06-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3588

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-19T20:55:08.770

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:43:31.610

Link: CVE-2012-3588

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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