HIGHCVSS v3.1 7.5Vulnerability

CVE-2017-20289

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.

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-2017-20289
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
First seen by Signal
2026-10-22T14:08:40+00:00
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published at
2026-10-22T11:17:03.063
Last modified
2026-10-22T17:40:46.877

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