CVE-2024-44015
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in istmoplugins Users Control users-control allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Users Control: from n/a through <= 1.0.16.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA path traversal vulnerability in the istmoplugins Users Control WordPress plugin (versions up to 1.0.16) allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate path parameters to include arbitrary local PHP files from the server, potentially leading to sensitive data disclosure or remote code execution.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Users Control plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Users Control' by istmoplugins, or check the file system at /wp-content/plugins/users-control/ for the main plugin PHP fileAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed versionOpen the main plugin file (usually users-control.php) and look for the 'Version' header comment in the plugin file header, or check the version in WordPress admin plugin listAffected if Version is 1.0.16 or lower (the vulnerability affects versions up to 1.0.16)
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Check for vulnerable file inclusion endpointSearch plugin PHP files for functions that include/require files using user-controlled parameters (such as include(), require(), include_once(), require_once()) with variables like $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST that could contain path informationAffected if The plugin contains file inclusion code that uses unsanitized request parameters without proper validation (../ sequences would be processed)
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Review web server access logs for path traversal attemptsSearch access logs (Apache/Nginx) for requests to the plugin involving ../ patterns in URL parameters, for example: grep -r "../" /var/log/apache2/access.log or similar path pointing to the users-control pluginAffected if Log entries show ../ traversal patterns targeting the plugin's file inclusion parameters
A WordPress site is affected if the Users Control plugin version 1.0.16 or lower is installed AND the plugin contains file inclusion functionality using unsanitized path parameters.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to the latest version of the Users Control plugin if available; otherwise disable the plugin. Implement WAF rules to block path traversal patterns (../) and ensure all file inclusion parameters are properly validated and restricted to allowed directories.
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