CVE-2020-12832 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

WordPress Plugin Simple File List before 4.2.8 is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers delete arbitrary files because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied input.

Published: 2020-05-13

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 7.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simplefilelist:simple-file-list:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-5114	WordPress Plugin Simple File List before 4.2.8 is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers delete arbitrary files because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied input.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07131.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://ctulhu.me/2020/05/16/cve-2020-12832/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2302759
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-file-list/#developers

History

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Subscriptions

Simplefilelist Simple-file-list

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-05-13T17:52:37.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:04:22.887Z

Reserved: 2020-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-12832

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-13T18:15:12.140

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:52:23.767

Link: CVE-2020-12832

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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