CVE-2022-0779
User Meta < 2.4.4 - Subscriber+ Local File Enumeration via Path Traversal
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
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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
- Record
CVE-2022-0779- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
User Meta < 2.4.4 - Subscriber+ Local File Enumeration via Path Traversal
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
- Record
CVE-2022-0779- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15831 No score
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
- Record
EUVD-2022-15831- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g3g8-hxhq-mfvr
The User Meta WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not validate the filepath parameter of its...
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
- Record
GHSA-g3g8-hxhq-mfvr- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-0779 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Khaledsaikat User Meta – User Profile Builder And User Management Plugin, published June 6, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.36%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.