What is CVE-2022-4298?

CVE-2022-4298 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cedcommerce Wholesale Market, classified under CWE-22 IMPROPER LIMITATION OF A PATHNAME TO A RESTRICTED DIRECTORY ('PATH TRAVERSAL'). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2022-4298?

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

Is CVE-2022-4298 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Cedcommerce Wholesale Market

CVE-2022-4298

The Wholesale Market WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not have authorisation check, as well as does not validate user input used to generate system path, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary file from the server.

Published 2023-01-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (78.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cedcommerce Wholesale Market
Wholesale Market — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

cyllective/CVEs

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/7485ad23-6ea4-4018-88b1-174312a0a478 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4298?: CVE-2022-4298 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cedcommerce Wholesale Market, classified under CWE-22 IMPROPER LIMITATION OF A PATHNAME TO A RESTRICTED DIRECTORY ('PATH TRAVERSAL'). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2022-4298?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4298 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.