CVE-2022-4237 — The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2

The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.8.6 does not validate user input before using it in file_exist() functions via various AJAX actions available to any authenticated users, which could allow users with a role as low as subscriber to perform PHAR deserialisation when

01What is this vulnerability?

The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.8.6 does not validate user input before using it in file_exist() functions via various AJAX actions available to any authenticated users, which could allow users with a role as low as subscriber to perform PHAR deserialisation when they can upload a file and a suitable gadget chain is present on the blog

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Welcart e	Commerce — 0

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: 2023-01-02T21:49:40.901Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-10T18:35:37.520Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a4b790c-49ae-46bc-9544-e188deae243f