CVE-2022-1538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Theme Demo Import WordPress plugin before 1.1.1 does not validate the imported file, allowing high-privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files (such as PHP) even when FILE_MODS and FILE_EDIT are disallowed.

Published: 2024-01-16

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Theme Demo Import

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.1.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:themely:theme_demo_import:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-24834	Theme Demo Import WordPress plugin before 1.1.1 does not validate the imported file, allowing high-privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files (such as PHP) even when FILE_MODS and FILE_EDIT are disallowed.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0056.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b19adf7c-3983-487b-9b46-0f2922b08c1c/

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Themely Theme Demo Import

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-16T15:50:34.551Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T16:56:12.222Z

Reserved: 2022-04-29T14:14:36.711Z

Link: CVE-2022-1538

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:10:03.024Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T16:15:09.437

Modified: 2025-06-20T17:15:28.410

Link: CVE-2022-1538

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-434

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