CVE-2022-40217 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability in XplodedThemes WPide plugin <= 2.6 at WordPress.

Published: 2022-09-21

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% 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

XplodedThemes

WPIDE – File Manager & Code Editor (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 2.6`	affected	≤ 2.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xplodedthemes:wpide:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 3.0 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43515	Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Edit/Upload vulnerability in XplodedThemes WPide plugin <= 2.6 at WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

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 0.01069.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpide/wordpress-wpide-plugin-2-6-authenticated-arbitrary-file-edit-upload-vulnerability
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/#developers

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Xplodedthemes Wpide

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-09-21T19:09:08.151Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:48.018Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40217

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:40.014Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-21T20:15:11.023

Modified: 2025-02-20T20:15:40.393

Link: CVE-2022-40217

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-434

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