Vulnerability CVE-2012-3588
Published: 2012-06-19   Modified: 2012-06-20

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in preview.php in the Plugin Newsletter plugin 1.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the data parameter.

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Wordpress -> Plugin newsletter plugin 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/76171
http://www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-plugin-newsletter-remote-file-disclosure-vulnerability.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19018
http://secunia.com/advisories/49464
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