CVE-2022-4140

Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Access

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: January 2, 2023 at 09:49 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:20 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorWelcart e-Commerce

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

SSVC

PoC

Description

The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.8.5 does not validate user input before using it to output the content of a file, which could allow unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on the server

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Welcart e-Commerce · Welcartwordpress-plugin

95%

v < 2.8.5

Affected range stops below 2.8.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

ExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d649a7e-3334-48f7-abca-fff0856e12c7

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

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