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Broadstreet Ad Widget WordPress Plugin < 2.12.0 Local File Inclusion via step parameter

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

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CVE-2017-20289

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2017-20289

Ad Widget

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

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[
  {
    "vendor": "Broadstreet",
    "product": "Ad Widget",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.2.0",
        "lessThan": "2.12.0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2017-20289

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#53250 · Revision 1
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