A vulnerability was found in AdSanity Plugin up to 1.8.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function ajax_upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The AdSanity plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'ajax_upload' function in versions up to, and including, 1.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Contributor+ level privileges to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which makes remote code execution possible.

The weakness was shared 06/07/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-4949 since 06/06/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1608.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• 1.8.0
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