CVE-2022-1540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The PostmagThemes Demo Import WordPress plugin through 1.0.7 does not validate the imported file, allowing high-privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files (such as PHP) leading to RCE.

Published: 2022-12-05

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

PostmagThemes Demo Import

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.0.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:postmagthemes:postmagthemes_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-2022-24836	The PostmagThemes Demo Import WordPress plugin through 1.0.7 does not validate the imported file, allowing high-privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files (such as PHP) leading to RCE.

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 0.00904.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/77a524d8-0b1a-407a-98d2-d8d0ed78fa0f

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Postmagthemes Postmagthemes Demo Import

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-12-05T16:50:37.267Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T15:05:12.055Z

Reserved: 2022-04-29T14:26:00.458Z

Link: CVE-2022-1540

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:10:03.363Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-05T17:15:09.780

Modified: 2025-04-23T15:15:47.217

Link: CVE-2022-1540

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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