{"id":"CVE-2018-7422","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-7422","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:48:59.167Z","title":"A Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the Site Editor plugin through 1.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to retrieve arbitrary files via the ajax_path parameter to editor/extensions/pagebuilder/includes/ajax_shortcode_pattern.php, aka absolute…","description":"A Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the Site Editor plugin through 1.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to retrieve arbitrary files via the ajax_path parameter to editor/extensions/pagebuilder/includes/ajax_shortcode_pattern.php, aka absolute path traversal.","published":"2018-03-19T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:03:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22","CWE-829"],"affected":["siteeditor/site editor"],"epss":{"score":0.6225,"percentile":0.99178,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.42108,"percentile":0.98674},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.6225,"percentile":0.99144}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2018-03-23","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44340,"kind":"exploit","title":"WordPress Plugin Site Editor 1.1.1 - Local File Inclusion","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/44340.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/44340.txt","published":"2018-03-23","added":"2018-03-23","updated":"2018-07-20","author":"Nicolas Buzy-Debat","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2018-7422"],"tags":"File Inclusion (LFI/RFI)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comsite-editor.zip","screenshotUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.com/screenshots/idlt44500/44340.png","referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 62.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.6225,"from":0.42108,"percentile":0.99144},"summary":"EPSS moved from 42.1% to 62.3% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."},{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.42108,"from":0.6225,"percentile":0.98674},"summary":"EPSS moved from 62.3% to 42.1% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/40","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9044","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/40","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9044","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7422","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}