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CVE-2017-18586

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18586 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the insert-pages plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 3.2.4. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.1, allows an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on the server through specially crafted custom template paths. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high severity indicates a significant risk if exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:insert_pages_project:insert_pages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0250 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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/insert-pages
Release Notes