Wholesale Market < 2.2.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download
CVE-2022-4298

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Wholesale Market
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 January 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 12%

What is CVE-2022-4298?

The Wholesale Market WordPress plugin prior to version 2.2.1 lacks proper authorization checks and fails to validate user input. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated adversaries to exploit the system, potentially enabling them to download arbitrary files from the server, posing a significant security risk for websites using this plugin.

Affected Version(s)

Wholesale Market 0 < 2.2.1

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-2022-4298 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7485ad23-6ea4-4018-88b1-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

EPSS Score

12% 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

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

Credit

cydave
WPScan
.