WordPress Leyka Plugin Path Traversal Vulnerability Leading to Local File Inclusion

A path traversal vulnerability has been identified in the WordPress Leyka plugin, allowing for PHP local file inclusion. This issue affects versions of the plugin from an unknown release up to and including 3.31.9.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to local file inclusion, allowing attackers to include and execute files from the server. This could potentially be used to access sensitive information, such as database credentials, and could result in a complete takeover of the database, depending on the server's configuration.

Remediation

Users of the WordPress Leyka plugin are advised to update to a version later than 3.31.9. For those unable to update immediately, Patchstack offers a virtual patch that can be applied to mitigate the vulnerability until an official update is available.