CVE-2022-3227

SearchWP Live Ajax Search <= 1.6.2 - Directory Traversal and Local File Inclusion

criticalImproper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')

9.1

CVSS Score

9.1

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

1.6.3

Patched in

495d

Time to patch

Description

The SearchWP Live Ajax Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via the 'swpengine' parameter used by the 'searchwp_live_search' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.6.2. This allows unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions>=1.0 <=1.6.2

PublishedSeptember 15, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginsearchwp-live-ajax-search

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2e0ca51c-0536-45ff-a5af-41ef4977179d?source=api-prod

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