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    1 vulnerability by Gotmls

    CVE-2021-47977 (GCVE-0-2021-47977)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-16 15:28 – Updated: 2026-05-25 23:41
    VLAI
    Title
    WordPress Anti-Malware Security Bruteforce Firewall <= 4.20.72 Directory Traversal
    Summary
    WordPress Plugin Anti-Malware Security and Bruteforce Firewall 4.20.59 contains a directory traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by manipulating the file parameter. Attackers can send requests to the duplicator_download action via admin-ajax.php with path traversal sequences to access sensitive system files outside the intended directory.
    Severity
    8.7 (High)
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
    7.5 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc 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
    Gotmls Malware Security and Bruteforce Firewall Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.20.72 (semver)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2021-07-05 00:00
    Credits
    TheSmuggler
    Show details on NVD website
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