Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-17207

Description

An issue was discovered in Snap Creek Duplicator before 1.2.42. By accessing leftover installer files (installer.php and installer-backup.php), an attacker can inject PHP code into wp-config.php during the database setup step, achieving arbitrary code execution.

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Affected products

WordPress/Duplicatorinferred
Range: <1.2.42
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator
Snapcreek/Duplicatorllm-fuzzy
Range: <1.2.42

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.synacktiv.com/ressources/advisories/WordPress_Duplicator-1.2.40-RCE.pdfnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/nvdVendor Advisory

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