FKIE_CVE-2022-50953

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-08 02:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:24
Severity
6.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
WordPress Plugin admin-word-count-column 2.2 contains a local file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by exploiting null byte injection in the path parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to download-csv.php with a crafted path parameter containing directory traversal sequences and null bytes to bypass file restrictions and read sensitive files like system configuration.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-word-count-column/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50845
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-admin-word-count-column-local-file-read
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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