CVE-2024-5709

06.08.2024, 06:15

The WPBakery Visual Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 7.7 via the 'layout_name' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, and with post permissions granted by an Administrator, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other safe file types can be uploaded and included.

Path Traversal

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	NIST	8.8 HIGH	NETWORK	LOW	LOW	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Wordfence	CNA	8.8 HIGH				CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA-ADP	ADP	---				---

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 77%

Vendor	Product	Version
wpbakery	wpbakery_visual_composer	𝑥 ≤ 7.7
wpbakery	page_builder	𝑥 < 7.8

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References

https://wpbakery.com/

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7fad30c8-fd8a-4cf2-a3aa-16a374231b87?source=cve