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WordPress Hover Effects Plugin <= 2.1 is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion

Patch within 30 days Low priority

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6.8

Medium severity CVSS 3.1 score

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Solution

Update to fix

Update the WordPress Hover Effects plugin to the latest available version (at least 2.1.1).

0xB9 discovered and reported this Local File Inclusion vulnerability in WordPress Hover Effects Plugin. This could allow a malicious actor to include local files of the target website and show its output onto the screen. Files which store credentials, such as database credentials, could potentially allow complete database takeover depending on the configuration. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.1.1.