Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2017-20287

TLP:CLEAR

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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.

Facts

  • Vendor: Javo Themes
  • Product: Javo Spot
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 0.7 %
  • First known exploitation: 22 October 2026
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 22 October 2026

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD