What is CVE-2022-4063?

CVE-2022-4063 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pluginus Inpost_gallery, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-4063?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-4063 known to be exploited?

7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Pluginus Inpost_gallery

CVE-2022-4063

The InPost Gallery WordPress plugin before 2.1.4.1 insecurely uses PHP's extract() function when rendering HTML views, allowing attackers to force the inclusion of malicious files & URLs, which may enable them to run code on servers.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.095 (94.9th 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

Pluginus Inpost_gallery
Unknown Inpost Gallery — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4063?: CVE-2022-4063 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pluginus Inpost_gallery, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-4063?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4063 known to be exploited?: 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.