CVE-2020-36728

The Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file deletion via path traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files which can be used to reset and gain full control of a site.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - security@wordfence.com

Published

2023-06-07

Last modified

2026-04-08

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Adning Advertising (Tunafish)
• Adning Advertising (Tunasite)

References

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-in-adning-advertising-plugin-actively-exploited-in-the-wild/
• https://codecanyon.net/item/wp-pro-advertising-system-all-in-one-ad-manager/269693
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/07/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-adning-advertising-plugin/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e7506429-7f8a-45b5-b1b0-6fdb39599ee5?source=cve