CVE-2017-2245 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Shortcodes Ultimate prior to version 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2017-07-07

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Vladimir Anokhin

Shortcodes Ultimate

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`prior to version 4.10.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-11428	Directory traversal vulnerability in Shortcodes Ultimate prior to version 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02571.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99495
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63249051/index.html
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1684377/#file217
https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/#developers

History

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Subscriptions

Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2017-07-07T13:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:48:04.300Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-2245

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-07T13:29:01.477

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:15:49.017

Link: CVE-2017-2245

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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