Welcart e-Commerce <= 2.8.4 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read
CVE-2022-4236Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.8.4Update to 2.8.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-200 Information Exposure
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Welcart e-Commerce usc-e-shop
- Affected≤ 2.8.4
- Patched in2.8.5
Update to 2.8.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.8.4. Version 2.8.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Welcart e-Commerce.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.8.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Welcart e-Commerce to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to WPScanTeam.
The Welcart e-Commerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read due to missing restrictions to proper file paths in one of its AJAX actions in versions 2.6.10-2.8.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and higher, to read arbitrary files on the affected sites server leading to information disclosure.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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