CVE-2014-125130

Summary

CodeArt Google MP3 Audio Player plugin (google-mp3-audio-player) for WordPress through 1.0.11 contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file read vulnerability that allows remote attackers to retrieve sensitive files by supplying a path-traversal payload in the file parameter of direct_download.php. Attackers can request paths ../../wp-config.php without authentication to download configuration files containing database credentials and secret keys, leading to full site compromise. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

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

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35460
• https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/google-mp3-audio-player/vulnerability/wordpress-codeart-google-mp3-player-plugin-file-disclosure-download
• https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-googlemp3-lfi.yaml
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codeart-google-mp3-audio-player-arbitrary-file-read-via-direct-download-php

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