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CVE-2022-4237 (GCVE-0-2022-4237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-02 21:49 – Updated: 2025-04-10 18:35
VLAI
Title
Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.6 - Subscriber+ PHAR Deserialisation
Summary
The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.8.6 does not validate user input before using it in file_exist() functions via various AJAX actions available to any authenticated users, which could allow users with a role as low as subscriber to perform PHAR deserialisation when they can upload a file and a suitable gadget chain is present on the blog
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-10 18:34 UTC
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a4b790c-49ae-46… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Welcart e-Commerce Affected: 0 , < 2.8.6 (custom)
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