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CVE-2013-7240

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 19.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-01-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in download-file.php in the Advanced Dewplayer plugin 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dew_file parameter.

Affected products

• westerndeal Advanced Dewplayer: 1.2
• WordPress: all versions

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/566
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/570
• http://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-vulnerability-cve-2013-7240-directory-traversal
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64587
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/566
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/570
• http://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-vulnerability-cve-2013-7240-directory-traversal
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64587

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