01 Record
CVE-2022-2440
Theme Editor <= 2.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHAR Deserialization
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score7.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Theme Editor <= 2.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHAR Deserialization
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-08-29 03:30Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 17:05Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-07-15
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 155ad2bf181752a9a057a5f607f61e0bfd2b1810072bd4f719857c452bce411f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/88fe46bf-8e85-4550-92ad-bdd426e5a745?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-editor/trunk/ms_child_theme_editor.php#L495
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3142694/