Path Traversal in Narnoo Distributor Project

CVE-2022-0679

The Narnoo Distributor WordPress plugin through 2.5.1 fails to validate and sanitize the lib_path parameter before it is passed into a call to require() via the narnoo_distributor_lib_request AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users) which results in the disclosure of arbitrary files as the content of the file is then displayed in the response as JSON data. This could also lead to RCE with various tricks but depends on the underlying system and it's configuration.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.478 (98.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0679?
CVE-2022-0679 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Narnoo Distributor Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-0679?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0679 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.