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CVE-2017-11658

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.33% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-07-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-11658
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.33%
WordPress

Original Filing — NVD Description

In the WP Rocket plugin 2.9.3 for WordPress, the Local File Inclusion mitigation technique is to trim traversal characters (..) -- however, this is insufficient to stop remote attacks and can be bypassed by using 0x00 bytes, as demonstrated by a .%00.../.%00.../ attack.