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CVE-2022-2434

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2434 affects the String Locator plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 2.5.0. It is a high-severity deserialization of untrusted input vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP objects via a PHAR wrapper if they can trick an administrator into an action and successfully upload a serialized payload. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:instawp:string_locator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
>= 0, <= 2.5.0CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:instawp:string_locator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/string-locator/trunk/editor.php
Broken Link
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
Patch
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/10a36e37-4188-403f-9b17-d7e79b8b8a6d
Third Party Advisory
wordfence.com / vulnerability-advisories
Third Party Advisory