# CVE-2022-29446: WordPress Counter Box plugin <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability

> Authenticated administrators can exploit a Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the Counter Box plugin to read arbitrary files on the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 May 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jjq4-4rfq-9948

## What is CVE-2022-29446?

CVE-2022-29446 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Wow-Company Counter Box (WordPress), published on 19 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Authenticated (administrator or higher role) Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Wow-Company's Counter Box plugin <= 1.1.1 at WordPress.

Weakness: CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29446?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wow-Company Counter Box.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-29446?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29446 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-29446 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29446 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Wow-Company Counter Box (WordPress)

- [CVE-2022-2245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2245/): Counter Box < 1.2.1 - Arbitrary Counter Activation/Deactivation via CSRF (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-24715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24715/): WordPress Counter Box Plugin <= 2.0.5 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Settings Change vulnerability (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-3481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3481/): Counter Box < 1.2.4 - Counter Deletion via CSRF (medium 5.2)
- [CVE-2024-13901](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13901/): Cross-site scripting in Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-29446 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-29446 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Wow-Company Counter Box (WordPress), published on 19 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29446 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Wow-Company Counter Box (WordPress). 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-2022-29446/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29446/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29446
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29446
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29446

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29446/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.