# CVE-2022-4748: FlatPress File Delete panel.mediamanager.file.php doItemActions path traversal

> Attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in FlatPress's file delete handler to read or modify arbitrary files on the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4pqc-653v-h7v2

## What is CVE-2022-4748?

CVE-2022-4748 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in FlatPress, published on 27 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in FlatPress. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function doItemActions of the file fp-plugins/mediamanager/panels/panel.mediamanager.file.php of the component File Delete Handler. The manipulation of the argument deletefile leads to path traversal. The name of the patch is 5d5c7f6d8f072d14926fc2c3a97cdd763802f170. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216861 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4748?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Flatpress Flatpress.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4748?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4748 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4748 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4748 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in FlatPress

- [CVE-2022-4606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4606/): PHP Remote File Inclusion in flatpressblog/flatpress (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-22761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-22761/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-4023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4023/): Stored XSS in flatpressblog/flatpress (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-41290](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41290/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-1104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1104/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in flatpressblog/flatpress (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4748 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4748 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in FlatPress, published on 27 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4748 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: FlatPress. 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-2022-4748/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4748/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4748
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4748
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4748

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4748/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.