{"id":"CVE-2023-0159","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-0159","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T23:41:06.066Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2023-02-13T15:15:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:24:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["wprealize/extensive vc addons for wpbakery page builder"],"epss":{"score":0.55459,"percentile":0.99036,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2025-03-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52085,"kind":"exploit","title":"Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder 1.9.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52085","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/52085.py","file":"exploits/php/webapps/52085.py","published":"2025-03-19","added":"2025-03-19","updated":"2025-03-19","author":"Ravina","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2023-0159"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/239ea870-66e5-4754-952e-74d4dd60b809","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/239ea870-66e5-4754-952e-74d4dd60b809","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0159","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."}