Vulnerability CVE-2012-4915
Published: 2014-05-29

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Google Doc Embedder plugin before 2.5.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to libs/pdf.php.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
WordPress Plugin Google Document Embedder Arbitrary File Disclosure
Charlie Eriksen
08.01.2013

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
Davistribe -> Google doc embedder 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/80930
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57133
http://secunia.com/advisories/50832
http://osvdb.org/88891
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