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.

EPSS: 0.018 (76.7th 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

Cedcommerce Wholesale_market
Unknown Wholesale Market — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

cyllective/CVEs

References

contact@wpscan.com (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.