{"id":"CVE-2017-20287","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2017-20287","summary":null,"details":"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.","published":"2026-10-22T11:17:01.823Z","modified":"2026-10-24T02:45:13.210979834Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://codeseekah.com/2017/02/09/javo-themes-spot-lfi-vulnerability/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-javospot-lfi.yaml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://themeforest.net/item/javo-spot-multi-purpose-directory-wordpress-theme/13198068"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2d465fc4-d4fa-43bb-9c0d-71dcc3ee4eab"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/javo-spot-wordpress-theme-3.0.0-path-traversal-via-admin-ajax-php-fn-parameter"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-24T02:45:13.210979834Z"}}