{"id":"CVE-2017-20287","published":"2026-10-22T11:17:01.823","lastModified":"2026-10-22T17:40:46.877","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.","cvssScore":7.5,"cvssSeverity":"HIGH","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwes":["CWE-22"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://codeseekah.com/2017/02/09/javo-themes-spot-lfi-vulnerability/","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-javospot-lfi.yaml","tags":[]},{"url":"https://themeforest.net/item/javo-spot-multi-purpose-directory-wordpress-theme/13198068","tags":[]},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2d465fc4-d4fa-43bb-9c0d-71dcc3ee4eab","tags":[]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/javo-spot-wordpress-theme-3.0.0-path-traversal-via-admin-ajax-php-fn-parameter","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[{"url":"https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-javospot-lfi.yaml","tags":[]}],"hasPoc":true,"ai":null}