CVE-2022-4236 (GCVE-0-2022-4236)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-02 21:49 – Updated: 2025-04-10 18:47
VLAI?
Title
Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Access
Summary
The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.8.5 does not validate user input before using it to output the content of a file via an AJAX action available to any authenticated users, which could allow users with a role as low as subscriber to read arbitrary files on the server.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/436d8894-dab8-41… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Welcart e-Commerce Affected: 0 , < 2.8.5 (custom)
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Credits
WPScan WPScan
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