CVE-2022-3568 HIGH

CVE-2022-3568: ImageMagick Engine <= 1.7.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to PHAR Deserialization

Vendor Rickardw
Product ImageMagick Engine
Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization
Published February 9, 2023
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The ImageMagick Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'cli_path' parameter in versions up to, and including 1.7.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated users to call files using a PHAR wrapper, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link, that will deserialize and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present. It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 9, 2023 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated