Path Traversal in Ivycat Posts In Page

CVE-2017-18585

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

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.020 (78.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ivycat Posts_in_page
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18585?: CVE-2017-18585 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivycat Posts In Page, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-18585?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-18585 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.