High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-3989

Description

The Motors WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not properly validate uploaded files for dangerous file types (such as .php) in an AJAX action, allowing an attacker to sign up on a victim's WordPress instance, upload a malicious PHP file and attempt to launch a brute-force attack to discover the uploaded payload.

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Affected products

WordPress/Nacc Wordpress Plugincpe-rescue
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/nacc-wordpress-plugin
WordPress/Motorsllm-fuzzy
Range: <1.4.4
Package: https://wordpress.org/themes/motors

Patches

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References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/1bd20329-f3a5-466d-81b0-e4ff0ca32091nvdExploitThird Party Advisory

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