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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-41840

welcart welcart_e-commerce Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Nov 13, 2023 · catalog updated Nov 13, 2023 · welcart welcart_e-commerce Improper Limitation

Patch now

CVE-2022-41840 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm welcart welcart_e-commerce 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 (welcart welcart_e-commerce Improper Limitation).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
5.52%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated welcart_e-commerce · vendor welcart welcart_e-commerce

Unauth. Directory Traversal vulnerability in Welcart eCommerce plugin <= 2.7.7 on WordPress.

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.

  • stated welcart_e-commerce<= 2.7.7
  • vendor welcart welcart_e-commerceversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-41840

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-41840 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm welcart welcart_e-commerce Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 2.7.7. 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 5.52%. 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 13, 2023 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Unauth. Directory Traversal vulnerability in Welcart eCommerce plugin <= 2.7.7 on WordPress.

  2. Nov 13, 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-2022-41840

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-41840

    30-day exploitation probability 5.5%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-41840

    Unauth. Directory Traversal vulnerability in Welcart eCommerce plugin <= 2.7.7 on WordPress.

    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.