CVE-2022-4140

Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Access

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, which could allow unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on the server

Affected

Welcart e-Commerce

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

2.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 87th percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-552

Published

2023-01-02

Updated

2025-04-10

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d649a7e-3334-48f7-abca-fff0856e12c7
• anirbala98/CVE-2022-41401★ · 2026-09-16

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-4140.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2025-57231
• CVE-2026-3576
• CVE-2026-53959
• CVE-2026-67206