Path traversal in Snow Monkey Forms plugin for WordPress



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-32623
CWE-ID CWE-22
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Snow Monkey Forms
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor Takashi Kitajima

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU77712

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32623

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and delete arbitrary files on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Snow Monkey Forms: 0.3.0 - 5.1.0

CPE2.3 External links

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN97127032/index.html
http://snow-monkey.2inc.org/2023/06/22/snow-monkey-forms-v5-1-1/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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