CVE-2022-0493

CVE-2022-0493: String Locator < 2.5.0 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Read

Vendor Unknown
Product String locator
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published March 28, 2022
Last update August 2, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

The String locator WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not properly validate the path of the files to be searched, allowing high privilege users such as admin to query arbitrary files on the web server via a path traversal vector. Furthermore, due to a flaw in the search, allowing a pattern to be provided, which will be used to output the relevant matches from the matching file, all content of the file can be disclosed.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 28, 2022 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated