Admin Word Count Column <= 2.2 - Arbitrary File Read

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published March 27, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Hassan Khan Yusufzai - Splint3r7
Description

The Admin Word Count Column WordPress plugin through 2.2 does not validate the path parameter given to readfile(), which could allow unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on server running old version of PHP susceptible to the null byte technique. This could also lead to RCE by using a Phar Deserialization technique

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug admin-word-count-column (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2
Patched Version
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