CVE-2022-38140 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Auth. (contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload in SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin <= 12.1.10 on WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00283.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Squirrly	Seo Plugin By Squirrly Seo

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:squirrly:seo_plugin_by_squirrly_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-40742	Auth. (contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload in SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin <= 12.1.10 on WordPress.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 12.1.11 or a higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/squirrly-seo/wordpress-seo-plugin-by-squirrly-seo-plugin-12-1-10-auth-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-28T19:55:06.442Z

Updated: 2025-02-20T19:48:57.765Z

Reserved: 2022-09-08T12:03:08.903Z

Link: CVE-2022-38140

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-28T20:15:16.317

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:15:52.433

Link: CVE-2022-38140

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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