SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 55.5%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 55.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
55.46% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
wprealize/extensive vc addons for wpbakery page builder
Source
contact@wpscan.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.