High severity · published Aug 29, 2024
CVE-2022-2440
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
7.2
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TE
Theme Editor · Themeeditor
before 2.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2440
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2440
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-editor/trunk/ms_child_theme_editor.php#L495
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3142694/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/88fe46bf-8e85-4550-92ad-bdd426e5a745?source=cve
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