CVE-2022-3989

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Publication date:

12/12/2022

Last modified:

22/04/2025

Description

The Motors WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not properly validate uploaded files for dangerous file types (such as .php) in an AJAX action, allowing an attacker to sign up on a victim&#39;s WordPress instance, upload a malicious PHP file and attempt to launch a brute-force attack to discover the uploaded payload.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High