CVE-2023-2288

Otter - Gutenberg Blocks < 2.2.6 - Author+ PHAR Deserialization

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Published May 30, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 18.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Otter WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not sanitize some user-controlled file paths before performing file operations on them. This leads to a PHAR deserialization vulnerability on PHP < 8.0 using the phar:// stream wrapper.

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

Unknown

Otter

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.2.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:themeisle:otter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 18.0% (17.973% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93acb4ee-1053-48e1-8b69-c09dc3b2f302

History

Jan 10, 2025 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Themeisle Otter

Weaknesses

CWE-502

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 10, 2025, 9:04 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: May 30, 2023, 7:49 AM
Updated: Jan 10, 2025, 9:04 PM
Reserved: Apr 25, 2023, 7:32 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:19 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:19 AM

NVD Updated: Oct 24, 2026, 1:10 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 30, 2023, 8:15 AM
Modified: Oct 24, 2026, 1:10 PM

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