Exploitation Summary
CVE-2022-4140 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.
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
Nuclei Templates (1)
WordPress Welcart e-Commerce <2.8.5 - Arbitrary File Access
HIGHVERIFIEDby theamanrawat
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
vdb-entry
technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d649a7e-3334-48f7-abca-fff0856e12c7
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0294
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
welcart/welcart_e-commerce
< 2.8.5
Published
Jan 02, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026