amministrazione-aperta Plugin 3.7.3 on WordPress GET Parameter dispatcher.php Open path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in amministrazione-aperta Plugin 3.7.3 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the file dispatcher.php of the component GET Parameter Handler. This manipulation of the argument Open causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2022-50956. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in amministrazione-aperta Plugin 3.7.3 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file dispatcher.php of the component GET Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument open with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

WordPress Plugin amministrazione-aperta 3.7.3 contains a local file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by exploiting insufficient input validation in the open parameter. Attackers can supply file paths through the open GET parameter in dispatcher.php to include and read sensitive files accessible to the web server.

The weakness was published by Hassan Khan Yusufzai as 50838. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-50956 since 01/11/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:dispatcher.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (50838). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• amministrazione-aperta Plugin

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• 3.7.3

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