CVE-2022-2440 is a deserialization of untrusted input vulnerability affecting the Theme Editor plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 2.8. This flaw allows authenticated administrative users to execute arbitrary PHP objects by manipulating the 'images_array' parameter, provided a POP chain is present and a malicious file can be uploaded. The vulnerability is rated High severity (CVSS 7.2), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:themeeditor:theme_editor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.