CVE-2022-3989 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Motors WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not properly validate uploaded files for dangerous file types (such as .php) in an AJAX action, allowing an attacker to sign up on a victim's WordPress instance, upload a malicious PHP file and attempt to launch a brute-force attack to discover the uploaded payload.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00457.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Stylemixthemes	Motors - Car Dealer\, Classifieds \& Listing

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43318	The Motors WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not properly validate uploaded files for dangerous file types (such as .php) in an AJAX action, allowing an attacker to sign up on a victim's WordPress instance, upload a malicious PHP file and attempt to launch a brute-force attack to discover the uploaded payload.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1bd20329-f3a5-466d-81b0-e4ff0ca32091

History

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-12-12T17:54:58.545Z

Updated: 2025-04-22T14:45:06.597Z

Reserved: 2022-11-14T14:45:02.983Z

Link: CVE-2022-3989

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:27:54.119Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-12T18:15:12.553

Modified: 2025-04-22T15:16:02.310

Link: CVE-2022-3989

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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