InfornWeb News & Blog Designer Pack Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

A local file inclusion vulnerability has been identified in the InfornWeb News & Blog Designer Pack plugin for WordPress, affecting versions through 4.0. This vulnerability arises from improper control of filenames in include or require statements, allowing PHP remote file inclusion that could be exploited for local file inclusion instead.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to include local files from the target website and display their contents on the screen. This could potentially lead to a complete database takeover, depending on the site's configuration, as files containing database credentials could be accessed.

Remediation

Users of the InfornWeb News & Blog Designer Pack plugin should update to version 4.0.1 or later to address this vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins.