Vulnerability in Wprealize Extensive Vc Addons For Wpbakery Page Builder

CVE-2023-0159

The Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 does not validate a parameter passed to the php extract function when loading templates, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to override the template path to read arbitrary files from the hosts file system. This may be escalated to RCE using PHP filter chains.

EPSS: 0.555 (99.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0159?
CVE-2023-0159 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wprealize Extensive Vc Addons For Wpbakery Page Builder, classified under CWE-94 IMPROPER CONTROL OF GENERATION OF CODE ('CODE INJECTION'). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-0159?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0159 known to be exploited?
9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.