CVE•Published 2026-06-08•Modified 2026-06-08•0 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2022-50953

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

MEDIUM

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

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Description

WordPress Plugin admin-word-count-column 2.2 contains a local file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by exploiting null byte injection in the path parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to download-csv.php with a crafted path parameter containing directory traversal sequences and null bytes to bypass file restrictions and read sensitive files like system configuration.

Timeline

Published 2026-06-08

Modified 2026-06-08

External references

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Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2022-50953

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Censys

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