CVE-2017-20289
Broadstreet Ad Widget plugin for WordPress 2.2.0 before 2.12.0 contains a local file inclusion…
- Risk score
- 56/100
- CVSS
- 7.5 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.8%
- Published
- 22 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- 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,…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 2.12.0 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.5 high
References
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017100084
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/ad-widget-lfi.yaml
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/144553/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1628751/ad-widget
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-widget/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/caca21fe-56bf-4d4c-afc8-4a218e52f0a2
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/broadstreet-ad-widget-wordpress-plugin-2.12.0-local-file-inclusion-via-step-parameter
Original description
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.
Last activity 22 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.