CVE-2020-36728

Adning Advertising <= 1.5.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal

The Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file deletion via path traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files which can be used to reset and gain full control of a site.

Affected

tunafish · Adning Advertising

CVSS v3.1 NVD

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 WORDFENCE

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

3.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 88th percentile

Nuclei

medium

Published

2023-06-07

Updated

2026-04-08

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-36728.yaml

Security advisories

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-in-adning-advertising-plugin-actively-…
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/07/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-adning-adverti…
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e7506429-7f8a-45b5-b1b0-6fdb395…
• https://codecanyon.net/item/wp-pro-advertising-system-all-in-one-ad-manager/269693

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry