CVE-2022-27844

Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.70 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Read

2022-04-07 10:08

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 0.9.71
Affected Plugin: WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging
Affected Version: <= 0.9.70
CVSS: 4.9Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2022-27844

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At a glance

CVE-2022-27844 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the WPvivid WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 0.9.70. It carries a CVSS score of 4.9 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account. The issue is fixed in version 0.9.71; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2022, reported by Muhammad Daffa.

Vulnerability Overview

Arbitrary File Read vulnerability in WPvivid Team Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid (WordPress plugin) versions <= 0.9.70

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 interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in WPvivid <= 0.9.70 takes any authenticated account. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For WPvivid the fix is 0.9.71: builds <= 0.9.70 are affected, anything from 0.9.71 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 0.9.71, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: WPvivid 0.9.71 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27844 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2760587c-78f5-40b1-affd-dfdfb2bc2a68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27844

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CVSS Vector

4.9

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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