CVE-2023-37888 is a critical Path Traversal vulnerability affecting the By Averta Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme, versions up to and including 2.14.0. This flaw allows for PHP Local File Inclusion, enabling attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or access sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it can be exploited remotely without authentication and has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known active exploits or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential interest from threat actors.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:averta:shortcodes_and_extra_features_for_phlox_theme:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
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.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.