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Description

WordPress Plugin admin-word-count-column 2.2 contains a local file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by exploiting null byte injection in the path parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to download-csv.php with a crafted path parameter containing directory traversal sequences and null bytes to bypass file restrictions and read sensitive files like system configuration.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-11 | Published 2026-06-08 | Updated 2026-06-08 | Assigner VulnCheck




MEDIUM: 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
MEDIUM: 6.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem types

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

2.2
affected

Credits

Hassan Khan Yusufzai - Splint3r7 finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50845 (ExploitDB-50845) exploit

wordpress.org/plugins/admin-word-count-column/ (Official Product Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/...admin-word-count-column-local-file-read (VulnCheck Advisory: WordPress Plugin admin-word-count-column 2.2 Local File Read) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2022-50953)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2022-50953)

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