CVE-2022-3989 (GCVE-0-2022-3989)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-12 17:54 – Updated: 2025-04-22 14:45
VLAI?
Title
Motors - Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing < 1.4.4 - Arbitrary File Upload
Summary
The Motors WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not properly validate uploaded files for dangerous file types (such as .php) in an AJAX action, allowing an attacker to sign up on a victim's WordPress instance, upload a malicious PHP file and attempt to launch a brute-force attack to discover the uploaded payload.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1bd20329-f3a5-46… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Motors Affected: 0 , < 1.4.4 (custom)
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Credits
cydave
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