CVE-2022-4298 Wholesale Market < 2.2.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download
Unauthenticated attackers can download arbitrary files from the server due to missing authorization and path validation in the Wholesale Market plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4298?
CVE-2022-4298 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Wholesale Market, published on 2 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Wholesale Market WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not have authorisation check, as well as does not validate user input used to generate system path, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary file from the server.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4298?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cedcommerce Wholesale Market.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4298?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4298 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-4298 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4298 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Wholesale Market
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r9x2-m498-v92q.