CVE-2017-2245

Directory traversal vulnerability in Shortcodes Ultimate prior to version 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

CVSS v3 5.0 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99495	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63249051/index.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1684377/#file217	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/#developers	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99495	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63249051/index.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1684377/#file217	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/#developers	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-07-07 13:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-2245

Mitre link : CVE-2017-2245

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-2245

JSON object : View

Products Affected

getshortcodes

shortcodes_ultimate

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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