Check Point Advisories

WordPress All-in-One Security Plugin Path Traversal (CVE-2023-0156)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2023-1631
Date Published: 7 Apr 2024
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Sunday 07 April, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2023-0156
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? WordPress All-in-One Security plugin up to and excluding 5.1.5
Vulnerability Description A path traversal vulnerability exists in WordPress All-in-One Security plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to access arbitrary files on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress All-in-One Security Plugin Path Traversal (CVE-2023-0156) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress All-in-One Security Plugin Path Traversal (CVE-2023-0156)

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