# CVE-2022-2638: Export All URLs < 4.4 - Admin+ Arbitrary System File Removal

> High-privilege users can delete arbitrary system files due to lack of path validation in the Export All URLs plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-448f-ww7h-5m58

## What is CVE-2022-2638?

CVE-2022-2638 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Export All URLs, published on 29 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Export All URLs WordPress plugin before 4.4 does not validate the path of the file to be removed on the system which is supposed to be the CSV file. This could allow high privilege users to delete arbitrary file from the server

Weakness: CWE-610 (Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere), CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2638?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Atlasgondal Export All Urls.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2638?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2638 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2638 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2638 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Export All URLs

- [CVE-2022-0914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0914/): Export All URLs < 4.3 - Private/Draft Post/Page Title Disclosure via CSRF (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-3118](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3118/): Export All URLs < 4.6 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-0892](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0892/): Export All URLs < 4.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-51510](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51510/): WordPress Export Media URLs plugin <= 1.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2022-27856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27856/): WordPress Export All URLs Plugin <= 4.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (low 3.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2638 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2638 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Export All URLs, published on 29 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2638 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Export All URLs. 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-2022-2638/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2638/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2638
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2638
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2638

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2638/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.