Access violation vulnerability in DMSGuestbook 1.8.0

The DMSGuestbook 1.8.0 and 1.7.0 plugin for WordPress has a security issue that lets remote users who have already been authenticated to access any file on the system. This is done by providing a “”..”” (dot dot) in the folder and file parameters of the wp-admin/admin.php file.

Detected in:

DMSGuestbook open vulnerable versions: >= * <= 1.8.0

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