HIGHCVSS v3.1 7.5Vulnerability

CVE-2017-20287

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.

Properties

Severity
HIGH
Nvd fetched at
2026-10-22T22:14:18.200859+00:00
Cvss severity
HIGH
Cvss score
7.5
Retrieved at
2026-10-22T22:16:40+00:00
Score
7.5
Cvss version
3.1
Last source
NVD
Cve id
CVE-2017-20287
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
First seen by Signal
2026-10-22T14:08:40+00:00
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published at
2026-10-22T11:17:01.823
Last modified
2026-10-22T17:40:46.877

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