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CVE-2022-3227: wordpress searchwp-live-ajax-search PHP Remote File Inclusion

CVSS: 9.1v3.1CriticalPublished
Published 15-09-2022Last modified 22-01-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-3227 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) PHP Remote File Inclusion vulnerability in wordpress searchwp-live-ajax-search. Fixed in 1.6.3.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.1/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
Not scored
0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-01-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

No EPSS score has been published for this record yet.

Known exploited

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Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress1 product
  • searchwp-live-ajax-search≥ 1.0, ≤ 1.6.2 (fixed in 1.6.3)

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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