CVE-2023-0159
Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder < 1.9.1 - Unauthenticated RCE
The Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 does not validate a parameter passed to the php extract function when loading templates, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to override the template path to read arbitrary files from the hosts file system. This may be escalated to RCE using PHP filter chains.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 does not validate a parameter passed to the php extract function when loading templates, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to override the template path to read arbitrary files from the hosts file system. This may be escalated to RCE using PHP filter chains.
- Record
CVE-2023-0159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder < 1.9.1 - Unauthenticated RCE
The Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 does not validate a parameter passed to the php extract function when loading templates, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to override the template path to read arbitrary files from the hosts file system. This may be escalated to RCE using PHP filter chains.
- Record
CVE-2023-0159- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-12249
The Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 does not validate a parameter passed to the php extract function when loading templates, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to override the template path to read arbitrary files from the hosts file system. This may be escalated to RCE using PHP filter chains.
- Record
EUVD-2023-12249- CVSS
- 0.0 None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c4h9-8c9r-v3m8
The Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 does not validate...
The Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 does not validate a parameter passed to the php extract function when loading templates, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to override the template path to read arbitrary files from the hosts file system.
- Record
GHSA-c4h9-8c9r-v3m8- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder 1.9.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) | 2025-03-19 |
| Nuclei | Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder < 1.9.1 - Unauthenticated RCE | |
| PoC in GitHub | im-hanzou/EVCer | 2023-09-11 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-0159 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Nenad-obradovic Extensive Vc Addons For Wpbakery Page Builder, published February 13, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 55.5%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.