Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been discovered in the Mailing List plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
WordPress Mailing List Plugin Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47328
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-12-27
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Mailing List plugin for
WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
sensitive information.
Input passed via the "wph", "wpdb", "wpu", and "wpp" parameters to
wp-content/plugins/mailz/lists/dl.php is not properly verified in
wp-content/plugins/mailz/lists/config/config.php before being used to
establish a database connection. This can be exploited to download
arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal
sequences.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.4.1. Prior versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.4.2.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
6Scan
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailz/changelog/
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