Path traversal in Ultimate Member - User Profile & Membership Plugin - CVE-2022-2445
Published: October 31, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68851
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2445
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
Affected software
Ultimate Member - User Profile & Membership Plugin
How to mitigate CVE-2022-2445
Install update from vendor's website.
Ultimate Member - User Profile & Membership Plugin - update to 2.5.1