# 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 fil

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2018-03-19 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/40
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9044
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-7422.yaml
- https://github.com/0x00-0x00/CVE-2018-7422
- https://github.com/ndr-repo/CVE-2018-7422
- https://github.com/nguyenduytoi/CVE-2018-7422

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