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WordPress Plugin: posts-in-page: CVE-2017-18585: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 13, 2017
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026

Description

The Posts in Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.2.4 via the [ic_add_posts template] shortcode. This allows contributor-level attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Solution

posts-in-page-plugin-cve-2017-18585
Title
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