CVE-2018-7422

mediumpriority · attend · 62EPSS 0.623 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

4 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

62.3% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

A Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the Site Editor plugin through 1.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to retrieve arbitrary files via the ajax_path parameter to editor/extensions/pagebuilder/includes/ajax_shortcode_pattern.php, aka absolute path traversal.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-829USprimary

exploits (4)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-44340WordPress Plugin Site Editor 1.1.1 - Local File Inclusionfunctional · exploit_db
0x00-0x00/CVE-2018-7422Wordpress plugin Site-Editor v1.1.1 LFI exploitPoC · poc_in_github
ndr-repo/CVE-2018-7422Exploit for CVE-2018-7422: Local File Inclusion in WordPress Plugin Site Editor 1.1.1 [T1574.008]PoC · poc_in_github
nguyenduytoi/CVE-2018-7422CVE-2018-7422PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
siteeditor site editor≤ 1.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siteeditor:site_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-03-19modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/40 cnnvd
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9044 cnnvd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340/cnnvd
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/40 enisa_euvd
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9044 enisa_euvd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44340/enisa_euvd
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/40ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisorynvd
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9044Third Party Advisorynvd

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