Kadence Starter Templates WP Plugin up to 1.2.16 on WordPress Imported File deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Kadence Starter Templates WP Plugin up to 1.2.16 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Imported File Handler. The manipulation leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-3679. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kadence Starter Templates WP Plugin up to 1.2.16 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Imported File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Starter Templates by Kadence WP WordPress plugin before 1.2.17 unserialises the content of an imported file, which could lead to PHP object injection issues when an admin import (intentionally or not) a malicious file and a suitable gadget chain is present on the blog.

The weakness was disclosed 01/10/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-3679 since 10/24/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.2.17 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Starter Templates WP Plugin 1.2.17

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10/24/2022 🔍
01/10/2023 +78 days 🔍
01/10/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/09/2025 +820 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-3679 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-3679
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-217727

Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2023 08:00
Updated: 04/09/2025 21:53
Changes: 01/10/2023 08:00 (41), 01/30/2023 16:48 (11), 04/09/2025 21:53 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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