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CVE-2017-18585

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18585 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the posts-in-page plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 1.3.0. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.1) allows an authenticated attacker to access arbitrary files on the server, potentially leading to information disclosure and data manipulation. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and there is minimal community discussion, the vulnerability's impact remains significant.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivycat:posts_in_page:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0198 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wordpress.org / plugins/posts-in-page
Release Notes
pluginvulnerabilities.com / 2017/02/13/authenticated-local-file-inclusion-lfi-vulnerability-in-posts-in-page
ExploitThird Party Advisory