Theme Editor Plugin up to 2.8 on WordPress Phar Deserialization deserialization

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A vulnerability was found in Theme Editor Plugin up to 2.8 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Phar Deserialization. The manipulation leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-2440. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Theme Editor Plugin up to 2.8 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Phar Deserialization. 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. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

The Theme Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'images_array' parameter in versions up to, and including 2.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to call files using a PHAR wrapper that will deserialize and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present. It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-2440 since 07/15/2022. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/29/2024).

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• Theme Editor Plugin

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• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8

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