7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-7422
WordPress Site Editor Plugin Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 19, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-7422 has a 11 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-7422 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Siteeditor site_editor
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-7422.

URL Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/40 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9044 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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superlink996/chunqiuyunjingbachang

春秋云境靶场解题攻略

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
7 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 28, 2023, 8:14 a.m. This repo has been linked 125 different CVEs too.
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JacobEbben/CVE-2018-7422

Local File Inclusion in WordPress Plugin Site Editor 1.1.1

Python

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 6, 2022, 8:23 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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jessisec/CVE-2018-7422

Site Editor WordPress Plugin <= 1.1.1 Local File Inclusion Script

Python

Updated: 7 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 18, 2021, 9:52 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Elsfa7-110/kenzer-templates

None

Python XSLT

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
17 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : May 22, 2021, 4:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 349 different CVEs too.
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El-Palomo/SYMFONOS

Desarrollo del CTF SYMFONOS

Updated: 3 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 28, 2021, 1:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 46 different CVEs too.
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hectorgie/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
17 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1050 different CVEs too.
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0xT11/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
82 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1111 different CVEs too.
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ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

essential templates for kenzer [DEPRECATED]

kenzer vulnerabilities kenzer-templates arpsyndicate

Python Shell Ruby

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
106 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Sept. 18, 2020, 9:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 1653 different CVEs too.
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vshaliii/Symfonos1-Vulnhub-walkthrough

Beginner real life based machine designed to teach a interesting way of obtaining a low priv shell. SHOULD work for both VMware and Virtualbox. Name: symfonos: 1 Difficulty: Beginner Tested: VMware Workstation 15 Pro & VirtualBox 6.0 DHCP Enabled

Updated: 4 years, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 18, 2020, 7:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.
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HeiTang/ZYXEl-CTF-WriteUp

2020 合勤【榮耀資戰 – 重裝上陣】 WriteUp

writeup

Updated: 3 years, 2 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 31, 2020, 2:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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0x00-0x00/CVE-2018-7422

Wordpress plugin Site-Editor v1.1.1 LFI exploit

PowerShell

Updated: 5 years ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 9, 2018, 2:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-7422 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-7422 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-22 CWE-200 CWE-22 CWE-829
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9044 No Types Assigned https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9044 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/40 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/40 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added CWE CWE-200
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:siteeditor:site_editor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 1.1.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9044 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-7422 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-7422 weaknesses.

CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-76: Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-126: Path Traversal Path Traversal CAPEC-175: Code Inclusion Code Inclusion CAPEC-201: Serialized Data External Linking Serialized Data External Linking CAPEC-228: DTD Injection DTD Injection CAPEC-251: Local Code Inclusion Local Code Inclusion CAPEC-252: PHP Local File Inclusion PHP Local File Inclusion CAPEC-253: Remote Code Inclusion Remote Code Inclusion CAPEC-263: Force Use of Corrupted Files Force Use of Corrupted Files CAPEC-538: Open-Source Library Manipulation Open-Source Library Manipulation CAPEC-549: Local Execution of Code Local Execution of Code CAPEC-640: Inclusion of Code in Existing Process Inclusion of Code in Existing Process CAPEC-660: Root/Jailbreak Detection Evasion via Hooking Root/Jailbreak Detection Evasion via Hooking CAPEC-695: Repo Jacking Repo Jacking CAPEC-698: Install Malicious Extension Install Malicious Extension
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

94.71 }} -0.58%

score

0.99022

percentile

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