FKIE_CVE-2022-0493

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-03-28 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:20
Severity
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
The String locator WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not properly validate the path of the files to be searched, allowing high privilege users such as admin to query arbitrary files on the web server via a path traversal vector. Furthermore, due to a flaw in the search, allowing a pattern to be provided, which will be used to output the relevant matches from the matching file, all content of the file can be disclosed.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2685592Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/21e2e5fc-03d2-4791-beef-07af6bf985edExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2685592Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/21e2e5fc-03d2-4791-beef-07af6bf985edExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
string_locator_project string_locator *
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          "vendor": "Unknown",
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    }
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  "id": "CVE-2022-0493",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:20:43.110",
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