CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-20287

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.70%

53th percentile - higher than 53% of all known CVEs

Summary

Javo Spot theme for WordPress before 3.0.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via the fn parameter of the jvfrm_spot_get_json AJAX action. Attackers can send GET requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with fn set to ../../wp-config.php to retrieve database credentials and secret keys.

Risk Assessment

An unauthenticated attacker can read the wp-config.php file, gaining access to the database and other secrets, potentially leading to full site compromise. Exploitation evidence has been observed in the wild.

Recommendation

Update the Javo Spot theme to version 3.0.0 or later. If updating is not possible, consider disabling the theme or restricting access to the AJAX action.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Javo Spot theme for WordPress before 3.0.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via the fn parameter of the jvfrm_spot_get_json AJAX action. Attackers can send GET requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with fn set to ../../wp-config.php to retrieve database credentials and secret keys. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS