PT-2022-13432 · WordPress · User Meta

Julien Ahrens · Published 2022-06-06 · Updated 2022-07-11 · CVE-2022-0779

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions User Meta WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.4.4

Description The issue concerns the User Meta WordPress plugin, where the filepath parameter of its um show uploaded file AJAX action is not properly validated. This could allow low-privileged users, such as subscribers, to enumerate local files on the web server via path traversal payloads.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.4.4, update to version 2.4.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the um show uploaded file AJAX action to prevent low-privileged users from exploiting the vulnerability.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-0779

Affected Products

User Meta

References · 6

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9d4a3f09-b011-4d87-ab63-332e505cf1cd · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0779 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0779 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/31280 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/43994 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/32882 · Telegram Post