Intrusion PreventionWordPress.wp_crop_image.Path.Traversal
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Directory Traversal vulnerability in WordPress.
The vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitizing of user supplied inputs in the application. Successful attacks may allow a remote attackers to use a specially crafted request with directory-traversal sequences to retrieve sensitive information.
Affected Products
WordPress 5.0.3 and prior versions.
Impact
Information Disclosure: Remote attackers can gain sensitive information from vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply patch if available from the vendor's website.
https://en-ca.wordpress.org/download/
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 47600 |
| Created | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Updated | Apr 02, 2019 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2019-8943 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 95.88% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, Linux, BSD, Solaris, MacOS |
| Affected App | PHP_app |