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…
Does this matter?
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
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 19 March 2025
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wprealize/extensive vc addons for wpbakery page builder
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS 55.5% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/239ea870-66e5-4754-952e-74d4dd60b809Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/239ea870-66e5-4754-952e-74d4dd60b809Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.