CVE-2022-40217

WordPress WPide plugin <= 2.6 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability

View on CVE.org

Published Sep 21, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability in XplodedThemes WPide plugin <= 2.6 at WordPress.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

XplodedThemes

WPIDE – File Manager & Code Editor (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 2.6`	affected	≤ 2.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xplodedthemes:wpide:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 3.0 or higher version.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43515	Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability in XplodedThemes WPide plugin <= 2.6 at WordPress.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.061% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers

History

Feb 20, 2025 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Xplodedthemes Wpide

Weaknesses

CWE-434

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 28, 2026, 4:07 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Patchstack
Published: Sep 21, 2022, 7:09 PM
Updated: Apr 28, 2026, 4:07 PM
Reserved: Sep 14, 2022, 12:00 AM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:14 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:14 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:01 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 21, 2022, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:01 AM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "WPIDE \u2013 File Manager & Code Editor (WordPress plugin)", "vendor": "XplodedThemes", "versions": [{"lessThanOrEqual": "2.6", "status": "affected", "version": "<= 2.6", "versionType": "custom"}]}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Vulnerability discovered by Vlad Vector (Patchstack)"}], "datePublic": "2022-08-09T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability in XplodedThemes WPide plugin <= 2.6 at WordPress."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "Arbitrary File Upload", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}, {"descriptions": [{"description": "Arbitrary File Edit", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "21595511-bba5-4825-b968-b78d1f9984a3", "shortName": "Patchstack", "dateUpdated": "2026-04-28T16:07:48.018Z"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability"}], "solutions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Update to 3.0 or higher version."}], "source": {"discovery": "EXTERNAL"}, "title": "WordPress WPide plugin <= 2.6 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability", "x_generator": {"engine": "Vulnogram 0.0.9"}, "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "audit@patchstack.com", "DATE_PUBLIC": "2022-08-09T16:02:00.000Z", "ID": "CVE-2022-40217", "STATE": "PUBLIC", "TITLE": "WordPress WPide plugin <= 2.6 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "WPIDE \u2013 File Manager & Code Editor (WordPress plugin)", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_affected": "<=", "version_name": "<= 2.6", "version_value": "2.6"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "XplodedThemes"}]}}, "credit": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Vulnerability discovered by Vlad Vector (Patchstack)"}], "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability in XplodedThemes WPide plugin <= 2.6 at WordPress."}]}, "generator": {"engine": "Vulnogram 0.0.9"}, "impact": {"cvss": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Arbitrary File Upload"}]}, {"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Arbitrary File Edit"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers"}, {"name": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability"}]}, "solution": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Update to 3.0 or higher version."}], "source": {"discovery": "EXTERNAL"}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T12:14:40.014Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability"}]}, {"problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-434", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type"}]}], "metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"timestamp": "2025-02-20T19:24:29.695646Z", "id": "CVE-2022-40217", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-02-20T20:04:52.759Z"}}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "21595511-bba5-4825-b968-b78d1f9984a3", "assignerShortName": "Patchstack", "cveId": "CVE-2022-40217", "datePublished": "2022-09-21T19:09:08.151Z", "dateReserved": "2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-04-28T16:07:48.018Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2"}

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "WPIDE \u2013 File Manager & Code Editor (WordPress plugin)", "vendor": "XplodedThemes", "versions": [{"lessThanOrEqual": "2.6", "status": "affected", "version": "<= 2.6", "versionType": "custom"}]}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Vulnerability discovered by Vlad Vector (Patchstack)"}], "datePublic": "2022-08-09T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability in XplodedThemes WPide plugin <= 2.6 at WordPress."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "Arbitrary File Upload", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}, {"descriptions": [{"description": "Arbitrary File Edit", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2022-09-21T19:09:08.000Z", "orgId": "21595511-bba5-4825-b968-b78d1f9984a3", "shortName": "Patchstack"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability"}], "solutions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Update to 3.0 or higher version."}], "source": {"discovery": "EXTERNAL"}, "title": "WordPress WPide plugin <= 2.6 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability", "x_generator": {"engine": "Vulnogram 0.0.9"}, "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "audit@patchstack.com", "DATE_PUBLIC": "2022-08-09T16:02:00.000Z", "ID": "CVE-2022-40217", "STATE": "PUBLIC", "TITLE": "WordPress WPide plugin <= 2.6 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "WPIDE \u2013 File Manager & Code Editor (WordPress plugin)", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_affected": "<=", "version_name": "<= 2.6", "version_value": "2.6"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "XplodedThemes"}]}}, "credit": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Vulnerability discovered by Vlad Vector (Patchstack)"}], "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability in XplodedThemes WPide plugin <= 2.6 at WordPress."}]}, "generator": {"engine": "Vulnogram 0.0.9"}, "impact": {"cvss": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Arbitrary File Upload"}]}, {"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Arbitrary File Edit"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers"}, {"name": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability"}]}, "solution": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Update to 3.0 or higher version."}], "source": {"discovery": "EXTERNAL"}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T12:14:40.014Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability"}]}, {"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2022-40217", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2025-02-20T19:24:29.695646Z"}}}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-434", "description": "CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-02-20T19:24:31.236Z"}}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "21595511-bba5-4825-b968-b78d1f9984a3", "assignerShortName": "Patchstack", "cveId": "CVE-2022-40217", "datePublished": "2022-09-21T19:09:08.151Z", "dateReserved": "2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-02-20T20:04:52.759Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "WPIDE \u2013 File Manager & Code Editor (WordPress plugin)", "vendor": "XplodedThemes", "versions": [{"lessThanOrEqual": "2.6", "status": "affected", "version": "<= 2.6", "versionType": "custom"}]}], "source": "audit@patchstack.com"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xplodedthemes:wpide:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "C7992F93-4A69-4C8E-98C1-F07E71CFCDE3", "versionEndIncluding": "2.6", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability in XplodedThemes WPide plugin <= 2.6 at WordPress."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de Edici\u00f3n/Descarga Arbitraria de Archivos Autenticado (admin+) en el plugin WPide de XplodedThemes versiones anteriores a 2.6 incluy\u00e9ndola, en WordPress"}], "id": "CVE-2022-40217", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:01:07.873", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.2, "impactScore": 5.2, "source": "audit@patchstack.com", "type": "Secondary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.2, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.2, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2022-40217", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2025-02-20T19:24:29.695646Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2022-09-21T20:15:11.023", "references": [{"source": "audit@patchstack.com", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability"}, {"source": "audit@patchstack.com", "tags": ["Product", "Release Notes"], "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Product", "Release Notes"], "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers"}], "sourceIdentifier": "audit@patchstack.com", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-434"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}, {"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-434"}], "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary"}]}