CVE-2022-4236

Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.5 - Subscriber+ 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 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.

Affected

Welcart e-Commerce

CVSS v3.1 NVD

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 56th percentile

Published

2023-01-02

Updated

2025-04-10

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/436d8894-dab8-41ea-8ed0-a3338aded635

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry