CVE-2019-6726
What it is
The WP Fastest Cache plugin through 0.8.9.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files because wp_postratings_clear_fastest_cache and rm_folder_recursively in wpFastestCache.php mishandle ../ in an HTTP Referer header.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 4.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 4.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-22 · Path traversal
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Wpfastestcache WP Fastest Cache ≤ 0.8.9.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 6.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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References
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152042
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-fastest-cache/trunk/wpFastestCache.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/#developers
- https://www.wpfastestcache.com/
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152042
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-fastest-cache/trunk/wpFastestCache.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/#developers
- https://www.wpfastestcache.com/