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String Locator <= 2.4.2 — Authenticated Arbitrary File Read

CVE-2022-0493Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: <2.5.0Update to 2.5.0 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Medium4.9
CVSS
4.9
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:H Privileges required
High
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:N Integrity
None
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

String locator string-locator

  1. Affected< 2.5.0
  2. Patched in2.5.0

Update to 2.5.0 or newer.

You are affected if you run < 2.5.0. Version 2.5.0 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under String locator.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.5.0, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch String locator to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to qerogram.

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.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in String locator

All 5
More vulnerabilities in String locator
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High8.1Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
≤2.6.7Update to 2.6.8
CVE-2026-97188
High8.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
≤2.6.6Update to 2.6.7
CVE-2024-10936
Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.6.5Update to 2.6.6
CVE-2023-6987
High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery to PHAR Deserialization
≤2.5.0Update to 2.6.0
CVE-2022-2434

Same weakness (Path Traversal)

All Path Traversal
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SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header
EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup≤5.25.25Update to 5.26.45
CVE-2026-120688
Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission
Chatterbug Forms – Fast, Flexible WordPress Form Builder≤1.0.2Update to 1.1
CVE-2026-125055
Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System≤3.3.9Update to 3.4.0
CVE-2026-119077
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce≤5.127.0Update to 5.128.0
CVE-2026-121518

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 4.9

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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