CVE-2022-3568 — The ImageMagick Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of

The ImageMagick Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'cli_path' parameter in versions up to, and including 1.7.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated users to call files using a PHAR wrapper, granted they can tri

01What is this vulnerability?

The ImageMagick Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'cli_path' parameter in versions up to, and including 1.7.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated users to call files using a PHAR wrapper, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link, that will deserialize and call arbitrary PHP…

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-10T00:15:10.530
• Last modified: 2026-04-08T18:17:29.850

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/orangelabweb/imagemagick-engine/blob/1.7.4/imagemagick-engine…
• github.com — https://github.com/orangelabweb/imagemagick-engine/blob/v.1.7.2/imagemagick-engi…
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old…
• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a2ca2f0-1d4a-4614-86b…
• github.com — https://github.com/orangelabweb/imagemagick-engine/blob/1.7.4/imagemagick-engine…
• github.com — https://github.com/orangelabweb/imagemagick-engine/blob/v.1.7.2/imagemagick-engi…
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old…
• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a2ca2f0-1d4a-4614-86b…