CVE-2022-2438CWE-502

Broken Link Checker <= 1.11.16 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHAR Deserialization

High · published September 6, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
2%
Percentile
78.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the '$log_file' value in versions up to, and including 1.11.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges and above to call files using a PHAR wrapper that will deserialize the data and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present. It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01774 · 78.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2022-09-06T17:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 SEP 17:18Z
    Broken Link Checker <= 1.11.16 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHAR Deserialization
    cvelistv5