CVE-2022-1390 in admin word count column project admin word count column
LogPulse has a published detection rule for this CVE: it raises a notable when someone tries to exploit it.
What the vulnerability is
The Admin Word Count Column WordPress plugin through 2.2 does not validate the path parameter given to readfile(), which could allow unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on server running old version of PHP susceptible to the null byte technique. This could also lead to RCE by using a Phar Deserialization technique
Affected software: admin word count column project admin word count column
Scores
- CVSS: 9.8 (critical)
- EPSS: 21.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- CISA KEV: Not listed
- Published: 2022-04-25
What LogPulse has for it
- Detection rule: Yes, published
- Agent check (vulnerable version): No
- Mitigation: No
Source data: NIST NVD, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. LogPulse processes new CVEs every hour.
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