Name: CVE-2022-0779: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-0779, CWE-22, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.13663

The User Meta WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not validate the filepath parameter of its um_show_uploaded_file AJAX action, which could allow low privileged users such as subscriber to enumerate the local files on the web server via path traversal payloads

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
User Meta Plugin	—	Update user-meta plugin to version 2.4.4, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	May 16, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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