CVE-2022-1390 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Admin Word Count Column WordPress plugin through 2.2 does not validate the path parameter given to readfile(), which could allow unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on server running old version of PHP susceptible to the null byte technique. This could also lead to RCE by using a Phar Deserialization technique

Published: 2022-04-25

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 21.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Admin Word Count Column

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.2`	affected	≤ 2.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:admin_word_count_column_project:admin_word_count_column:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.21881.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166476/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6293b319-dc4f-4412-9d56-55744246c990

History

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Subscriptions

Admin Word Count Column Project Admin Word Count Column

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-04-25T15:51:24.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:03:06.263Z

Reserved: 2022-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-1390

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-04-25T16:16:08.720

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:22:20.973

Link: CVE-2022-1390

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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