CVE-2022-1585

Project Source Code Download <= 1.0.0 - Unauthenticated Backup Download

2022-07-11 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Plugin: WordPress project source code download
Affected Version: <= 1.0.0
CVSS: 9.8Critical
Weakness type: CWE-552 · Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
CVE: CVE-2022-1585

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At a glance

CVE-2022-1585 is a critical-severity Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties vulnerability in the WordPress project source code download WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.0. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed July 2022, reported by Daniel Ruf.

Vulnerability Overview

The Project Source Code Download WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not protect its backup generation and download functionalities, which may allow any visitors on the site to download the entire site, including sensitive files like wp-config.php.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

The product makes files or directories accessible to unauthorized actors, even though they should not be.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1585 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a042b1be-d39f-4d28-8566-d9974becdd40 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1585

CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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