Medium severity · published Jan 25, 2025
CVE-2024-13550
The ABC Notation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.3 via the 'file' attribute of the 'abcjs' shortcode
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ABC Notation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.3 via the 'file' attribute of the 'abcjs' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Abc Notation · Paulrosen
through 6.1.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13550
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13550
Exploit
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/abc-notation/tags/6.1.3/abc-notation.php
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e53a2b7a-7005-451a-88f2-c23d420b4aad?source=cve
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