CVE-2024-12885

Published: Jan 25, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.2 / Impact: 5.2

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The Connections Business Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary directory deletion due to insufficient file path validation when deleting a connections image directory in all versions up to, and including, 10.4.66. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary folders on the server and all their content.

Related CWEs

CWE-22

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

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (2)

https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections/

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25e0c269-55c2-49f0-96bb-ae2696e2cea8?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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