CVE-2022-1119

Simple File List <= 3.2.7 - Arbitrary File Download

7.5 HighPublic exploit

The Simple File List WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Download via the eeFile parameter found in the ~/includes/ee-downloader.php file due to missing controls which makes it possible unauthenticated attackers to supply a path to a file that will subsequently be downloaded, in versions up to and including 3.2.7.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

20.0%Up 19.0 points since Apr 20, 2022

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

Simple File List <= 3.2.7 - Arbitrary File Download

Record: CVE-2022-1119
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-24462 7.5

Record: EUVD-2022-24462
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m665-jg8v-5m5r 7.5

The Simple File List WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Download via the eeFile...

Record: GHSA-m665-jg8v-5m5r
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.5

Record: CVE-2022-1119
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Nuclei	WordPress Simple File List <3.2.8 - Local File Inclusion
PoC in GitHub	z92g/CVE-2022-1119	2022-07-29

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-1119 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Eemitch Simple File List, published April 19, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.0%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.