Admin Word Count Column <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

6.5
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2022-1390
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 20, 2022
Last Updated December 5, 2022
Researcher Hassan Khan Yusufzai

Description

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

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug admin-word-count-column (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2

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