Path Traversal in Ultimatemember Ultimate Member

CVE-2022-3966

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ultimate Member Plugin up to 2.5.0. This issue affects the function load_template of the file includes/core/class-shortcodes.php of the component Template Handler. The manipulation of the argument tpl leads to pathname traversal. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.5.1 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is e1bc94c1100f02a129721ba4be5fbc44c3d78ec4. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-213545 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3966?
CVE-2022-3966 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ultimatemember Ultimate Member, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-3966?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.