Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 2, 2023· Updated Apr 10, 2025
Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Access
CVE-2022-4236
Description
The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.8.5 does not validate user input before using it to output the content of a file via an AJAX action available to any authenticated users, which could allow users with a role as low as subscriber to read arbitrary files on the server.
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Affected products
2- WordPress/Welcart e-Commercedescription
- Range: <2.8.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/436d8894-dab8-41ea-8ed0-a3338aded635mitreexploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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