# CVE-2023-1274: Pricing Tables For WPBakery Page Builder < 3.0 - Subscriber+ LFI

> Authenticated subscribers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the Pricing Tables plugin to read arbitrary files via shortcode attributes.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5x8x-x5xp-q5vc

## What is CVE-2023-1274?

CVE-2023-1274 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Pricing Tables For WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer), published on 17 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Pricing Tables For WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) WordPress plugin before 3.0 does not validate some shortcode attributes before using them to generate paths passed to include function/s, allowing any authenticated users such as subscriber to perform LFI attacks

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1274?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pricing Tables for Wpbakery Page Builder Project Pricing Tables for Wpbakery Page Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1274?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1274 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1274 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1274 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Pricing Tables For WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer)

- [CVE-2023-0367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0367/): Pricing Tables For WPBakery Page Builder < 3.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1274 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1274 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Pricing Tables For WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer), published on 17 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1274 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Pricing Tables For WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1274/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1274/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1274
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1274
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1274

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1274/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.