Path Traversal in User-Meta User Meta Profile Builder And Management

CVE-2022-0779

The User Meta WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not validate the filepath parameter of its um_show_uploaded_file AJAX action, which could allow low privileged users such as subscriber to enumerate the local files on the web server via path traversal payloads

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0779?
CVE-2022-0779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in User-Meta User Meta Profile Builder And Management, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-0779?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0779 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.