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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2021-39312 in the critical feed json

True Ranker <= 2.2.2 Directory Traversal/Arbitrary File Read

published 2021-12-14 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-25673

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
77.9%
EPSS 77.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The True Ranker plugin <= 2.2.2 for WordPress allows arbitrary files, including sensitive configuration files such as wp-config.php, to be accessed via the src parameter found in the ~/admin/vendor/datatables/examples/resources/examples.php file.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-50624)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

77.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50624 WordPress Plugin The True Ranker 2.2.2 - Arbitrary File Read (Unauthenticated) webapps, 2022-01-05
  • Nuclei template WordPress True Ranker <2.2.4 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165434/WordPress-The-True-Ranker-2.2.2-Arbitrary-File-Read.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 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

Affected products

  • True Ranker True Ranker

Classification

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

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.