CVE-2022-2434 (GCVE-0-2022-2434)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-06 17:18 – Updated: 2025-05-05 16:19
VLAI?
Summary
The String Locator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'string-locator-path' parameter in versions up to, and including 2.5.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated users to call files using a PHAR wrapper, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link, that will deserialize and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present. It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
instawp String locator Affected: * , ≤ 2.5.0 (semver)
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Credits
Rasoul Jahanshahi
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