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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-2440
CVE-2022-2440:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Theme Editor plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 2.8) contains a deserialization vulnerability (CVE-2022-2440) that affects the 'images_array' parameter. This vulnerability was disclosed on August 29, 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a deserialization of untrusted data (CWE-502) issue. It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to use PHAR wrapper for deserializing and calling arbitrary PHP Objects, provided a POP chain is present (NVD).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to perform various malicious actions through the deserialization of arbitrary PHP Objects. The impact is considered high for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by the CVSS score (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to a version newer than 2.8 of the Theme Editor plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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