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Unscored Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2023-0159 EUVD-2023-12249GHSA-c4h9-8c9r-v3m8

Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder < 1.9.1 - Unauthenticated RCE

Published Feb 13, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024 · Assigned by WPScan

Category: Web / CMS

Description

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. This may be escalated to RCE using PHP filter chains.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder < 1.9.1 1.9.1

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.

GitHub 1 repository

  • im-hanzou/EVCer ★ 2 · Sep 11, 2023

    Automatic Mass Tool for checking vulnerability in CVE-2023-0159 - Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder < 1.9.1 - Unauthenticated LFI

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.

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

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