CVE Catalog

CVE-2019-25779

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.45%

39th percentile - higher than 39% of all known CVEs

Summary

WooThemes Diarise through 1.5.9 contains a file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files through the calendar parameter of download.php. Attackers can send GET requests with file:// scheme paths to the calendar parameter to disclose sensitive files like /etc/passwd.

Risk Assessment

An unauthenticated attacker can read arbitrary files from the server, potentially leading to disclosure of sensitive data. Exploitation evidence has been observed in the wild.

Recommendation

Update the Diarise plugin to a version later than 1.5.9. If updating is not possible, disable the plugin or restrict access to download.php.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

WooThemes Diarise through 1.5.9 contains a file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files through the calendar parameter of download.php. Attackers can send GET requests with file:// scheme paths to the calendar parameter to disclose sensitive files like /etc/passwd. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS