CVE-2022-0493

String Locator < 2.5.0 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Read

Severity Score

4.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The String locator WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not properly validate the path of the files to be searched, allowing high privilege users such as admin to query arbitrary files on the web server via a path traversal vector. Furthermore, due to a flaw in the search, allowing a pattern to be provided, which will be used to output the relevant matches from the matching file, all content of the file can be disclosed.

El plugin String locator de WordPress versiones anteriores a 2.5.0, no comprueba correctamente la ruta de los archivos a buscar, permitiendo a usuarios con altos privilegios como el admin consultar archivos arbitrarios en el servidor web por medio de un vector de salto de ruta. Además, debido a un fallo en la búsqueda, que permite proporcionar un patrón, que será usado para dar salida a las coincidencias relevantes del archivo coincidente, todo el contenido del archivo puede ser divulgado

*Credits: qerogram

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-02-04 CVE Reserved
2022-03-01 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-02 First Exploit
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/21e2e5fc-03d2-4791-beef-07af6bf985ed	2024-08-02

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2685592	2022-04-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
String Locator Project Search vendor "String Locator Project"		String Locator Search vendor "String Locator Project" for product "String Locator"				< 2.5.0 Search vendor "String Locator Project" for product "String Locator" and version " < 2.5.0"		wordpress		Affected