7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.0
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 :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:12 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
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
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-7422 has a 13 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

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
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
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)

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).

Exploit for CVE-2018-7422: Local File Inclusion in WordPress Plugin Site Editor 1.1.1 [T1574.008]

Ruby

Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 16, 2025, 12:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Diophante_HackMyVM_Hard

HTML CSS

Updated: 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 11, 2025, 5:36 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

春秋云境靶场解题攻略

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks 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.

Local File Inclusion in WordPress Plugin Site Editor 1.1.1

Python

Updated: 1 year, 2 months 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.

Site Editor WordPress Plugin <= 1.1.1 Local File Inclusion Script

Python

Updated: 9 months, 2 weeks ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 18, 2021, 9:52 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python XSLT

Updated: 5 months, 1 week ago
20 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : May 22, 2021, 4:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 350 different CVEs too.

Desarrollo del CTF SYMFONOS

Updated: 4 years, 5 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.

None

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
18 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1053 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
84 stars 31 fork 31 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1114 different CVEs too.

essential templates for kenzer [DEPRECATED]

kenzer vulnerabilities kenzer-templates arpsyndicate

Python Shell Ruby

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
117 stars 38 fork 38 watcher
Born at : Sept. 18, 2020, 9:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 1655 different CVEs too.

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: 5 years, 1 month 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.

2020 合勤【榮耀資戰 – 重裝上陣】 WriteUp

writeup

Updated: 4 years, 1 month 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.

Wordpress plugin Site-Editor v1.1.1 LFI exploit

PowerShell

Updated: 5 years, 11 months 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/40
    Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9044
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340/
  • 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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

91.51 }} -0.09%

score

0.99656

percentile