6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2022-0779
"WordPress User Meta Path Traversal Vulnerability"
Description

The User Meta WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not validate the filepath parameter of its um_show_uploaded_file AJAX action, which could allow low privileged users such as subscriber to enumerate the local files on the web server via path traversal payloads

INFO

Published Date :

June 8, 2022, 10:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

July 11, 2022, 2:13 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-0779 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-0779 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 User-meta user_meta_user_profile_builder_and_user_management
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9d4a3f09-b011-4d87-ab63-332e505cf1cd Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Security Advisories

Python

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
32 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : April 30, 2019, 3:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 66 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-0779 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-0779 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:usermeta:user_meta_user_profile_builder_and_user_management:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (excluding) 2.4.4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:user-meta:user_meta_user_profile_builder_and_user_management:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (excluding) 2.4.4
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9d4a3f09-b011-4d87-ab63-332e505cf1cd No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9d4a3f09-b011-4d87-ab63-332e505cf1cd Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:usermeta:user_meta_user_profile_builder_and_user_management:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.4.4
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.02%

score

0.36587

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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