CVE-2014-5465 Information

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in force-download.php in the Download Shortcode plugin 0.2.3 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

Reference

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128024/WordPress-ShortCode-1.1-Local-File-Inclusion.html http://wordpress.org/plugins/download-shortcode/changelog/ http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-download-shortcode-security-issue http://wordpress.org/support/topic/vulnerability-5 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34436 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69440