CVE-2022-4236 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.8.5 does not validate user input before using it to output the content of a file via an AJAX action available to any authenticated users, which could allow users with a role as low as subscriber to read arbitrary files on the server.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0027.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Welcart	Welcart E-commerce

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_e-commerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51594	The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.8.5 does not validate user input before using it to output the content of a file via an AJAX action available to any authenticated users, which could allow users with a role as low as subscriber to read arbitrary files on the server.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/436d8894-dab8-41ea-8ed0-a3338aded635

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Welcart Welcart welcart E-commerce
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:collne:welcart_e-commerce::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_e-commerce::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Collne Collne welcart E-commerce	Welcart Welcart welcart E-commerce

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-02T21:49:30.203Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T18:47:32.231Z

Reserved: 2022-11-30T14:48:23.329Z

Link: CVE-2022-4236

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:49.922Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-02T22:15:16.567

Modified: 2025-04-10T19:15:51.700

Link: CVE-2022-4236

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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