CVE-2018-7422

Description

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.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

WordPress Plugin Site Editor 1.1.1 - Local File Inclusion EDB-44340 · webapps · Mar 23, 2018 · verified

GitHub 3 repositories

ndr-repo/CVE-2018-7422 ★ 1 · Aug 16, 2025

Exploit for CVE-2018-7422: Local File Inclusion in WordPress Plugin Site Editor 1.1.1 [T1574.008]
0x00-0x00/CVE-2018-7422 ★ 1 · Nov 9, 2018

Wordpress plugin Site-Editor v1.1.1 LFI exploit
nguyenduytoi/CVE-2018-7422 ★ 0 · Mar 23, 2026

CVE-2018-7422

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

WordPress Site Editor <=1.1.1 - Local File Inclusion http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-7422.yaml

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

A Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the Site Editor plugin through 1.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to retrieve arbitrary fi…