ImageMagick Engine <= 1.7.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to PHAR Deserialization
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution, Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502 and CWE-352.
Summary
The ImageMagick Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'cli_path' parameter in versions up to, and including 1.7.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated users to call files using a PHAR wrapper, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link, that will deserialize and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present. It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rickardw | ImageMagick Engine | up to 1.7.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- ImageMagick Engine Vendorrickardw Affected up to 1.7.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-3568
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f3x8-m359-fj94
- 2026-10-31 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Patch 2
More Orangelab Imagemagick Engine vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-02255 ImageMagick Engine <= 1.7.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Command Execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-06016 ImageMagick Engine < 1.7.11 - Administrator+ OS Command Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2022-3568 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-3568 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f3x8-m359-fj94 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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