Directory traversal vulnerability in Shortcodes Ultimate prior to version 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspeci

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• getshortcodes shortcodes ultimateup to 4.9.9 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (jpcert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• Vladimir Anokhin Shortcodes Ultimate

  • prior to version 4.10.0affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2017-18580The shortcodes-ultimate plugin before 5.0.1 for WordPress has remote code execution via a filter in a meta, post, or user shortcode.
  43Plan
• CVE-2022-41136WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate plugin <= 5.12.0 - CSRF vulnerability leading to Stored XSS
  35Monitor
• CVE-2023-23800WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin <= 5.12.6 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
  26Monitor
• CVE-2023-0911Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ User Meta Disclosure
  26Monitor
• CVE-2023-0890Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Access
  26Monitor
• CVE-2024-3188Shortcodes Ultimate < 7.1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
  25Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);2res.sendFile(file);

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {3  return res.sendStatus(400);4}5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.