CVE-2018-7422

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.

CVSS v3.0

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

62.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-22

Published

2018-03-19

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (4)

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/40
• 0x00-0x00/CVE-2018-74221★ · 2018-11-09
• ndr-repo/CVE-2018-74221★ · 2025-08-16
• nguyenduytoi/CVE-2018-7422

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-7422.yaml

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2014-6271
• CVE-2015-3224
• CVE-2016-10033
• CVE-2016-2098
• CVE-2017-5638
• CVE-2017-9805