CVE-2024-13471 (GCVE-0-2024-13471)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-05 11:22 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:37
VLAI
Title
DesignThemes Core Features <= 4.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via dt_process_imported_file
Summary
The DesignThemes Core Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the dt_process_imported_file function in all versions up to, and including, 4.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
designthemes DesignThemes Core Features Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.7 (semver)
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Credits
Tonn
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