CVE-2017-11658
In the WP Rocket plugin 2.9.3 for WordPress, the Local File Inclusion mitigation technique is to trim traversal characters (..) -- however, this is insufficient to stop remote attacks and can be bypassed by using 0x00 bytes, as demonstrated by a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the WP Rocket plugin 2.9.3 for WordPress, the Local File Inclusion mitigation technique is to trim traversal characters (..) -- however, this is insufficient to stop remote attacks and can be bypassed by using 0x00 bytes, as demonstrated by a .%00.../.%00.../ attack.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.33% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- wp-rocket/wp-rocket
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gist.github.com/Shinkurt/157dbb3767c9489f3d754f79b183a890Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wp-rocket.me/changelogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8872Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gist.github.com/Shinkurt/157dbb3767c9489f3d754f79b183a890Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wp-rocket.me/changelogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8872Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.