Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Access
CVE-2022-4236

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Welcart E-commerce
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 January 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.8.5 does not validate user input before using it to output the content of a file via an AJAX action available to any authenticated users, which could allow users with a role as low as subscriber to read arbitrary files on the server.

Affected Version(s)

Welcart e-Commerce 0 < 2.8.5

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2022-4236 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/436d8894-dab8-41ea-8ed0-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

WPScan
WPScan
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