CVE-2017-20289

{
  "id": "CVE-2017-20289",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-22T11:17:03.063",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-23T22:16:50.180",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Broadstreet Ad Widget plugin for WordPress 2.2.0 before 2.12.0 contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows authenticated users to execute attacker-chosen PHP files by passing unsanitized input to require in views/modal/index.php. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences in the 'step' parameter, optionally with a null byte, to include local files and execute PHP code. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Broadstreet",
          "product": "Ad Widget",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "2.2.0",
              "lessThan": "2.12.0",
              "versionType": "custom",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
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          "baseScore": 7.7,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
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          "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
        }
      }
    ],
    "cvssMetricV31": [
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        "type": "Secondary",
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
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          "timestamp": "2026-10-23T18:03:45.832334Z",
          "id": "CVE-2017-20289",
          "options": [
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            },
            {
              "automatable": "no"
            },
            {
              "technicalImpact": "total"
            }
          ],
          "role": "CISA Coordinator",
          "version": "2.0.3"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-98"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017100084",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/ad-widget-lfi.yaml",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://packetstorm.news/files/id/144553/",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1628751/ad-widget",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-widget/",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/caca21fe-56bf-4d4c-afc8-4a218e52f0a2",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/broadstreet-ad-widget-wordpress-plugin-2.12.0-local-file-inclusion-via-step-parameter",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}