High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2026
CVE-2017-20287
CVE-2017-20287
Description
Javo Spot theme for WordPress before 3.0.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via the fn parameter of the jvfrm_spot_get_json AJAX action. Attackers can send GET requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with fn set to ../../wp-config.php to retrieve database credentials and secret keys. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.
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References
5- codeseekah.com/2017/02/09/javo-themes-spot-lfi-vulnerability/nvd
- github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-javospot-lfi.yamlnvd
- themeforest.net/item/javo-spot-multi-purpose-directory-wordpress-theme/13198068nvd
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/2d465fc4-d4fa-43bb-9c0d-71dcc3ee4eabnvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/javo-spot-wordpress-theme-3.0.0-path-traversal-via-admin-ajax-php-fn-parameternvd
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