Admin Word Count Column <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
CVE-2022-1390

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Admin Word Count Column
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 April 2022

Summary

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

Affected Version(s)

Admin Word Count Column 2.2

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6293b319-dc4f-4412-9d56-...
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https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166476/
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EPSS Score

93% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Hassan Khan Yusufzai - Splint3r7
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