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Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2018-9118 in the critical feed json

exports/download.php in the 99 Robots WP Background Takeover Advertisements plugin before 4.1.5 for WordPress has Directory Traversal via a…

published 2018-04-12 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20718

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
46.3%
EPSS 46.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

exports/download.php in the 99 Robots WP Background Takeover Advertisements plugin before 4.1.5 for WordPress has Directory Traversal via a .. in the filename parameter.

Patch / fix

  • 99robots wp_background_takeover_advertisements 4.1.5

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-44417)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

46.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44417 WordPress Plugin Background Takeover < 4.1.4 - Directory Traversal webapps, 2018-04-09
  • Nuclei template WordPress 99 Robots WP Background Takeover Advertisements <=4.1.4 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • wpvulndb.com https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9056 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.