VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.57%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Shortcodes Ultimate prior to version 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.57% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- getshortcodes/shortcodes ultimate
- Source
- vultures@jpcert.or.jp
EPSS 2.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99495Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63249051/index.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1684377/#file217Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/#developersRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99495Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63249051/index.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1684377/#file217Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/#developersRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.