vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wp-rocket: CVE-2017-11658: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jun 22, 2017 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jun 22, 2017
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
In the WP Rocket plugin 2.10.3 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.
Solution
wp-rocket-plugin-cve-2017-11658
References
Rapid7 Labs
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