TI-2022-01271 Aliases CVE-2022-1390 GHSA-35fp-65cr-47q7

Admin Word Count Column <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

MEDIUM 62CWE-22Published 2022-04-25 · Updated 2024-08-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.21881 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Unknown	Admin Word Count Column	2.2 – 2.2	—	No fix listed	CNA

Admin Word Count Column VendorUnknown Affected 2.2 – 2.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:admin_word_count_column_project:admin_word_count_column::::::wordpress::*	up to 2.2	Vulnerable	Admin Word Count Column Project

cpe:2.3:a:admin_word_count_column_project:admin_word_count_column:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 2.2 Vulnerable ·Admin Word Count Column Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-1390
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-35fp-65cr-47q7

References

Exploit 2

Sources

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