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CVE-2020-36705: Adning Advertising <= 1.5.5 - Arbitrary File Upload

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The Adning Advertising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the _ning_upload_image function in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

• tunafish Adning Advertising: before 1.5.6 — fixed in 1.5.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: tunafish Adning Advertising 1.5.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9873fe3-fc06-4a52-aa32-6922cab7830c
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/07/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-adning-advertising-plugin/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a263b74-e9ae-4fd2-be9b-9b8e9eee5982?source=cve
• 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://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9873fe3-fc06-4a52-aa32-6922cab7830c
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/07/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-adning-advertising-plugin/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a263b74-e9ae-4fd2-be9b-9b8e9eee5982?source=cve

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