PT-2018-18866 · 99 Robots · 99 Robots Wp Background Takeover Advertisements

Colette Chamberland · Published 2018-04-12 · Updated 2018-05-22 · CVE-2018-9118

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions 99 Robots WP Background Takeover Advertisements plugin versions prior to 4.1.5

Description The issue concerns a Directory Traversal vulnerability. It can be exploited via a .. in the filename parameter in the exports/download.php file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.1.5, update to version 4.1.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the exports/download.php file until the update is applied. Avoid using the filename parameter with .. in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9118

Affected Products

99 Robots Wp Background Takeover Advertisements

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9056 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44417 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9118 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9118 · Vendor Advisory
• https://99robots.com/docs/wp-background-takeover-advertisements · Note