CVE-2017-18585 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The posts-in-page plugin before 1.3.0 for WordPress has ic_add_posts template='../ directory traversal.

Published: 2019-08-22

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ivycat:posts_in_page:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-9701	The posts-in-page plugin before 1.3.0 for WordPress has ic_add_posts template='../ directory traversal.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01976.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-page/#developers
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2017/02/13/authenticated-local-file-inclusion-lfi-vulnerability-in-posts-in-page/

History

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Subscriptions

Ivycat Posts In Page

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-08-22T19:37:36.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:28:55.539Z

Reserved: 2019-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-18585

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-22T20:15:11.767

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:13:08.717

Link: CVE-2017-18585

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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