Medium severity · published Nov 29, 2022
CVE-2022-3361
Ultimate Member – User Profile, User Registration, Login & Membership Plugin <= 2.5.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal via Shortcodes
4.3
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Ultimate Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to directory traversal in versions up to, and including 2.5.0 due to insufficient input validation on the 'template' attribute used in shortcodes. This makes it possible for attackers with administrative privileges to supply arbitrary paths using traversal (../../) to access and include files outside of the intended directory. If an attacker can successfully upload a php file then remote code execution via inclusion may also be possible. Note: for users with less than administrative capabilities, /wp-admin access needs to be enabled for that user in order for this to be exploitable by those users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected product
UM
Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
ultimatemember
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3361
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3361
Exploit
https://github.com/H4de5-7/vulnerabilities/blob/main/CVE-2022-3361.md
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2805393%40ultimate-member&new=2805393%40ultimate-member&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c7d5fbe-d272-46d4-9b33-889ba77dcc52?source=cve
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3361
Exploit
https://www.yuque.com/docs/share/23f988ad-1402-42f2-b8d2-c7a87a4022bd
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