High severity · published Oct 22, 2026
CVE-2017-20289
Broadstreet Ad Widget WordPress Plugin < 2.12.0 Local File Inclusion via step parameter
New
7.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AW
Ad Widget · Broadstreet
2.2.0 before 2.12.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20289
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20289
cxsecurity.com
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017100084
github.com
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/ad-widget-lfi.yaml
packetstorm.news
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/144553/
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1628751/ad-widget
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-widget/
wpscan.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/caca21fe-56bf-4d4c-afc8-4a218e52f0a2
