CVE-2022-4236

Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Access

Published Jan 2, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Apr 10, 2025, 6:47 PM
Reserved
Nov 30, 2022, 2:48 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 2, 2023, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:20 AM