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CVE-2017-2245

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2245 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Shortcodes Ultimate versions prior to 4.10.0, allowing remote authenticated attackers to read arbitrary files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (MEDIUM), indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for limited confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0257 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN63249051/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/1684377
Third Party Advisory
wordpress.org / plugins/shortcodes-ultimate
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99495
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry