Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery Page Builder Plugin Template path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery Page Builder Plugin up to 1.8.x on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Template Handler. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-0159. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery Page Builder Plugin up to 1.8.x on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects an unknown function of the component Template Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 does not validate a parameter passed to the php extract function when loading templates, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to override the template path to read arbitrary files from the hosts file system.

The weakness was presented 02/13/2023. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-0159 since 01/10/2023. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 1.9.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (52085). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

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WordPress Plugin

Name

Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery Page Builder Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery Page Builder Plugin 1.9.1

Timelineinfo

01/10/2023 🔍
02/13/2023 +34 days 🔍
02/13/2023 +0 days 🔍
03/21/2025 +767 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0159 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0159
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220773
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 02/13/2023 16:39
Updated: 03/21/2025 05:32
Changes: 02/13/2023 16:39 (41), 03/12/2023 07:14 (11), 03/21/2025 05:32 (24)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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