PT-2023-11847 · WordPress · Adning Advertising Plugin

Jerome Bruandet · Published 2023-06-07 · Updated 2025-09-24 · CVE-2020-36705

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.5.5

Description The issue arises from missing file type validation in the ning upload image function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files to the server, which may lead to remote code execution.

Recommendations For Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.5.5, update to a version higher than 1.5.5 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the ning upload image function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36705

Affected Products

Adning Advertising Plugin

References · 8

• 🔥 https://wordfence.com/blog/2020/07/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-adning-advertising-plugin · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36705 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36705 · Security Note
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9873fe3-fc06-4a52-aa32-6922cab7830c · Note
• https://twitter.com/pdnuclei_bot/status/1970820562390782010 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a263b74-e9ae-4fd2-be9b-9b8e9eee5982?source=cve · Note
• https://codecanyon.net/item/wp-pro-advertising-system-all-in-one-ad-manager/269693 · Note
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-in-adning-advertising-plugin-actively-exploited-in-the-wild · Note