CVE-2020-36705

CRITICAL EXPLOITED NUCLEI

Adning Advertising <1.5.5 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

The Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the _ning_upload_image function in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

Nuclei Templates (1)

Adning Advertising <= 1.5.5 - Arbitrary File Upload

CRITICALVERIFIEDby DhiyaneshDK

References (5)

[Third Party Advisory] https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-in-adning-advertising-plugin-actively-exploited-in-the-wild/

[Product] https://codecanyon.net/item/wp-pro-advertising-system-all-in-one-ad-manager/269693

[Third Party Advisory] https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9873fe3-fc06-4a52-aa32-6922cab7830c

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/07/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-adning-advertising-plugin/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a263b74-e9ae-4fd2-be9b-9b8e9eee5982?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.8950

EPSS Percentile 99.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2020-07-07

CWE

CWE-434

Status published

Products (2)

tunafish/Adning Advertising < 1.5.5

tunasite/adning_advertising < 1.5.6

Published Jun 07, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026