CVE-2024-35778 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in John West Slideshow SE PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Slideshow SE: from n/a through 2.5.17.

Published: 2024-06-21

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

John West

Slideshow SE

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 2.5.17

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:slideshow_se_project:slideshow_se:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 2.5.18 or a higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-35536	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in John West Slideshow SE PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Slideshow SE: from n/a through 2.5.17.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00805.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/slideshow-se/wordpress-slideshow-se-plugin-2-5-17-author-limited-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

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Subscriptions

Slideshow Se Project Slideshow Se

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-06-21T16:02:35.913Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:09:55.422Z

Reserved: 2024-05-17T10:11:07.601Z

Link: CVE-2024-35778

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:21:47.327Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-21T16:15:11.910

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:20:52.420

Link: CVE-2024-35778

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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