benjaminprojas WP Editor Plugin up to 1.2.9 on WordPress current_theme_root deserialization

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A vulnerability was found in benjaminprojas WP Editor Plugin up to 1.2.9 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation of the argument current_theme_root leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-2446. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in benjaminprojas WP Editor Plugin up to 1.2.9 on WordPress. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument current_theme_root 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 WP Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'current_theme_root' parameter in versions up to, and including 1.2.9. 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 weakness was published by Rasoul Jahanshahi. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-2446 since 07/15/2022. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/27/2024).

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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• benjaminprojas

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• WP Editor Plugin

Version

• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9

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