Is CVE-2022-0779 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-0779 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-0779?

CVE-2022-0779 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-0779?

CVE-2022-0779 has an EPSS score of 2.23% (81th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0779?

Upgrade user meta user profile builder and user management to 2.4.4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-0779

MEDIUMEPSS 81th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The User Meta WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not validate the filepath parameter of its um_show_uploaded_file AJAX action, which could allow low privileged users such as subscriber to enumerate the local files on the web server via path traversal payloads

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

user meta user profile builder and user managementNVD

Affected:< 2.4.4Fixed in:2.4.4CVE-2022-0779derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

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CVE-2024-23897	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-32315	High	8.6	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-26086	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-22005	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-5902	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.