High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Sep 6, 2022· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2022-2438
CVE-2022-2438
Description
The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the '$log_file' value in versions up to, and including 1.11.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges and above to call files using a PHAR wrapper that will deserialize the data 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.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:managewp:broken_link_checker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <1.11.17
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2757773/broken-link-checker/trunk/core/core.phpnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/62fd472e-208b-48db-8f98-3d935c7a678cnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/nvdThird Party Advisory
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