CVE-2012-6651 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the Vitamin plugin before 1.1.0 for WordPress allow remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter to (1) add_headers.php or (2) minify.php.

Published: 2014-07-31

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 3.2% 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:vitamin_plugin_project:vitamin:*:*:*:*:*: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-2012-6497	Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the Vitamin plugin before 1.1.0 for WordPress allow remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter to (1) add_headers.php or (2) minify.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03217.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://wordpress.org/plugins/vitamin/changelog/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/24/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/28/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54856
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/582232

History

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Subscriptions

Vitamin Plugin Project Vitamin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-07-31T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:01.861Z

Reserved: 2014-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-6651

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-07-31T14:55:02.800

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:48:33.220

Link: CVE-2012-6651

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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