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CVE-2022-1390

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

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
April 19, 2022
Published Date
April 25, 2022
Last Updated
August 03, 2024
Vendor
Unknown
Product
Admin Word Count Column
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
Tags
wordpress php nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score

Score
91.00% (Percentile: 99.61%) as of 2025-05-31

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (added 2025-05-10 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6293b319-dc4f-4412-9d56-55744246c990 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166476/

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) 2025-05-10 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-1390.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Added to KEVIntel