High severity8.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-37423

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Automattic Newspack Blocks allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Newspack Blocks: from n/a through 3.0.8.

Affected products

WordPress/Newspack Blocksinferred2 versions
<=3.0.8+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=3.0.8
- (no CPE)range: <=3.0.8
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/newspack-blocks

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/newspack-blocks/wordpress-newspack-blocks-plugin-3-0-8-contributor-arbitrary-directory-deletion-vulnerabilitynvd

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