# CVE-2022-0779: User Meta < 2.4.4 - Subscriber+ Local File Enumeration via Path Traversal

> Low-privileged users can enumerate local files on the web server via path traversal in the User Meta WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g3g8-hxhq-mfvr

## What is CVE-2022-0779?

CVE-2022-0779 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin, published on 6 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The User Meta WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not validate the filepath parameter of its um_show_uploaded_file AJAX action, which could allow low privileged users such as subscriber to enumerate the local files on the web server via path traversal payloads

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0779?

It affects 1 product.


Products: User-Meta User Meta User Profile Builder and User Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0779?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0779 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0779 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin

- [CVE-2022-0376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0376/): User Meta < 2.4.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0779 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0779 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin, published on 6 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0779/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0779/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0779
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0779
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0779

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0779/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.