CVE-2024-7135: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in leogermani Tainacan
The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'get_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 0.21.7. The function is also vulnerable to directory traversal. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
CVE-2024-7135: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in leogermani Tainacan
Description
The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'get_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 0.21.7. The function is also vulnerable to directory traversal. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-07-26T16:15:20.634Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6c0fb7ef31ef0b55f860
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:39:27 PM
Last updated: 2/25/2026, 9:40:02 PM
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