# CVE-2017-11658: In the WP Rocket plugin 2.9.3 for WordPress, the Local File Inclusion mitigation technique is to trim traversal characters (..) -- however,

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-07-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In the WP Rocket plugin 2.9.3 for WordPress, the Local File Inclusion mitigation technique is to trim traversal characters (..) -- however, this is insufficient to stop remote attacks and can be bypassed by using 0x00 bytes, as demonstrated by a .%00.../.%00.../ attack.

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## References

- https://gist.github.com/Shinkurt/157dbb3767c9489f3d754f79b183a890
- https://wp-rocket.me/changelog
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8872

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