CVE-2022-2184 (GCVE-0-2022-2184)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-01 12:50 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:32
VLAI
Title
CAPTCHA 4WP < 7.1.0 - Local File Inclusion via CSRF
Summary
The CAPTCHA 4WP WordPress plugin before 7.1.0 lets user input reach a sensitive require_once call in one of its admin-side templates. This can be abused by attackers, via a Cross-Site Request Forgery attack to run arbitrary code on the server.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown CAPTCHA 4WP Affected: 7.1.0 , < 7.1.0 (custom)
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Credits
ZhongFu Su(JrXnm) of WuHan University
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