PT-2023-11870 · WordPress · Adning Advertising Plugin

Jerome Bruandet · Published 2023-06-07 · Updated 2025-06-04 · CVE-2020-36728

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 allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files via path traversal, potentially leading to a full control takeover of a site.

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 restricting access to sensitive files and directories to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36728

Affected Products

Adning Advertising Plugin

References · 9

• 🔥 https://wordfence.com/blog/2020/07/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-adning-advertising-plugin · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36728 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36728 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/51945 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/51948 · Telegram Post
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-in-adning-advertising-plugin-actively-exploited-in-the-wild · Note
• https://codecanyon.net/item/wp-pro-advertising-system-all-in-one-ad-manager/269693 · Note
• https://twitter.com/pdnuclei_bot/status/1930399174018904112 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e7506429-7f8a-45b5-b1b0-6fdb39599ee5?source=cve · Note