PT-2026-47231 · Brooks24 · Admin Word Count Column

Published 2026-06-08 · Updated 2026-06-08 · CVE-2022-50953

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

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

WordPress Plugin admin-word-count-column 2.2 contains a local file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by exploiting null byte injection in the path parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to download-csv.php with a crafted path parameter containing directory traversal sequences and null bytes to bypass file restrictions and read sensitive files like system configuration.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-50953

Affected Products

Admin Word Count Column

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/50845 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50953 · Security Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-admin-word-count-column-local-file-read · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-word-count-column · Note