What is CVE-2017-18586?

CVE-2017-18586 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Insert Pages Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-18586?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-18586 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Insert Pages Project

CVE-2017-18586

The insert-pages plugin before 3.2.4 for WordPress has directory traversal via custom template paths.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.025 (83.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Insert_pages_project Insert_pages
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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18586?: CVE-2017-18586 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Insert Pages Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-18586?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-18586 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.