CVE-2022-2440 (GCVE-0-2022-2440)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-29 03:30
Modified
2026-04-08 17:05
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Summary
The Theme Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'images_array' parameter in versions up to, and including 2.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to call files using a PHAR wrapper 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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mndpsingh287 | Theme Editor |
Version: 0 ≤ 2.8 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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