CVE-2015-5482 - Foresightful Alcohols

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the GD bbPress Attachments plugin before 2.3 for WordPress allows remote administrators to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the tab parameter in the gdbbpress_attachments page to wp-admin/edit.php.

Reference

https://security.dxw.com/advisories/local-file-include-vulnerability-in-gd-bbpress-attachments-allows-attackers-to-include-arbitrary-php-files/ https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132656/wpgdbbpress-lfi.txt https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-attachments/changelog/ https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8087