CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-20289

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.76%

55th percentile - higher than 55% of all known CVEs

Summary

Broadstreet Ad Widget plugin for WordPress 2.2.0 before 2.12.0 contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows authenticated users to execute attacker-chosen PHP files by passing unsanitized input to require in views/modal/index.php. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences in the 'step' parameter, optionally with a null byte, to include local files and execute PHP code.

Risk Assessment

An authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary PHP code on the server, potentially leading to full system compromise. Exploitation evidence has been observed in the wild.

Recommendation

Update the Broadstreet Ad Widget plugin to version 2.12.0 or later. If updating is not possible, disable the plugin.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Broadstreet Ad Widget plugin for WordPress 2.2.0 before 2.12.0 contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows authenticated users to execute attacker-chosen PHP files by passing unsanitized input to require in views/modal/index.php. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences in the 'step' parameter, optionally with a null byte, to include local files and execute PHP code. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

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