CVE-2022-4237 describes a critical vulnerability in the Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin prior to version 2.8.6, affecting Welcart e-Commerce installations. This flaw allows authenticated users, even those with subscriber privileges, to achieve PHAR deserialization through unvalidated input in file_exist() functions via AJAX actions. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_e-commerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.