CVE-2018-20985: The wp-payeezy-pay plugin before 2.98 for WordPress has local file inclusion in pay.php, donate.php, donate-rec, and pay-rec.

PriorityP261critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EXPLOIT

EPSS

7.61%

93.8th percentile

The wp-payeezy-pay plugin before 2.98 for WordPress has local file inclusion in pay.php, donate.php, donate-rec, and pay-rec.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
payeezy	wp_payeezy_pay	< 2.98	2.98

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url/wp-content/plugins/wp-payeezy-pay/donate.php↗

path/wp-content/plugins/wp-payeezy-pay/donate.php↗

commandx_login=../../../wp-config↗

→POST request to donate.php with body parameter x_login containing directory traversal sequence (../../../wp-config) indicates active LFI exploitation attempt against wp-payeezy-pay plugin. ↗
→Successful exploitation returns HTTP 200 with wp-config.php content in the response body; look for strings 'The base configuration for WordPress', 'define( \'DB_NAME\',', and 'define( \'DB_PASSWORD\',' simultaneously. ↗
→The LFI vulnerability also affects pay.php, donate-rec, and pay-rec files within the same plugin directory; monitor POST requests to all four endpoints for traversal payloads. ↗

·The LFI is triggered via the x_login POST parameter; the traversal depth (../../../) targets wp-config.php relative to the plugin directory — adjust depth based on actual WordPress installation path. ↗
·Versions 2.97 and prior are vulnerable; version 2.98 is the first patched release. Detections should scope to plugin version checks where possible. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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