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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-1390

admin_word_count_column_project admin_word_count_column Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Nov 27, 2023 · catalog updated Nov 27, 2023 · admin_word_count_column_project admin_word_count_column Improper Limitation

Patch now

CVE-2022-1390 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm admin_word_count_column_project admin_word_count_column Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (admin_word_count_column_project admin_word_count_column Improper Limitation).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
21.88%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor admin_word_count_column_project admin_word_count_column

The Admin Word Count Column WordPress plugin through 2.2 does not validate the path parameter given to readfile(), which could allow unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on server running old version of PHP susceptible to the null byte technique. This could also lead to RCE by using a Phar Deserialization technique

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor admin_word_count_column_project admin_word_count_columnversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-1390

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-1390 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm admin_word_count_column_project admin_word_count_column Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 21.88%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 27, 2023 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The Admin Word Count Column WordPress plugin through 2.2 does not validate the path parameter given to readfile(), which could allow unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on server running old version of PHP susceptible to the null byte technique. This could also lead to RCE by using a Phar Deserialization technique

  2. Nov 27, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-1390

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-1390

    30-day exploitation probability 21.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-1390

    The Admin Word Count Column WordPress plugin through 2.2 does not validate the path parameter given to readfile(), which could allow unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on server running old version of PHP susceptible to the null byte technique. This could also lead

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.