CVE-2017-20287 — Javo Spot WordPress Theme < 3.0.0 Path Traversal via admin-ajax.php fn Parameter
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 jvfr…
Published: 2026-10-22 · CVSS: 8.7 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7