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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2017-1000170 in the critical feed json

jqueryFileTree vulnerable to Directory Traversal

published 2017-11-17 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-p739-9479-5wr2 , EUVD-2022-4700

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
59.1%
EPSS 59.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

jqueryFileTree 2.1.5 and older Directory Traversal

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-49693)

Exploit prediction

59.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-49693 WordPress Plugin Delightful Downloads Jquery File Tree 1.6.6 - Path Traversal webapps, 2021-03-22
  • Nuclei template WordPress Delightful Downloads Jquery File Tree 2.1.5 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • github.com https://github.com/jqueryfiletree/jqueryfiletree/issues/66 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161900/WordPress-Delightful-Downloads-Jquery-File-Tree-1.6.6-Path-Traversal.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/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
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm jqueryfiletree
<=2.1.5
 no fix listed

Classification

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

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns 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.