High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2026
CVE-2017-20289
CVE-2017-20289
Description
Broadstreet Ad Widget plugin for WordPress 2.2.0 before 2.12.0 contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows authenticated users to execute attacker-chosen PHP files by passing unsanitized input to require in views/modal/index.php. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences in the 'step' parameter, optionally with a null byte, to include local files and execute PHP code. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.
Affected products
1- Range: <2.12.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017100084nvd
- github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/ad-widget-lfi.yamlnvd
- packetstorm.news/files/id/144553/nvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1628751/ad-widgetnvd
- wordpress.org/plugins/ad-widget/nvd
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/caca21fe-56bf-4d4c-afc8-4a218e52f0a2nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/broadstreet-ad-widget-wordpress-plugin-2.12.0-local-file-inclusion-via-step-parameternvd
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