CVE-2017-11658

7.5 HIGH
Published: July 26, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

In the WP Rocket plugin 2.9.3 for WordPress, the Local File Inclusion mitigation technique is to trim traversal characters (..) -- however, this is insufficient to stop remote attacks and can be bypassed by using 0x00 bytes, as demonstrated by a .%00.../.%00.../ attack.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/Shinkurt/157dbb3767c9489f3d754f79b183a890
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wp-rocket.me/changelog
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8872
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://gist.github.com/Shinkurt/157dbb3767c9489f3d754f79b183a890
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wp-rocket.me/changelog
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8872
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.3%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

wp-rocket