CVE-2022-33901
Published: 22 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-33901 is a medium-severity Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties (CWE-552) vulnerability in Multisafepay Multisafepay Plugin For Woocommerce. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-33901 is an unauthenticated arbitrary file read vulnerability affecting the MultiSafepay plugin for WooCommerce on WordPress, with all versions up to and including 4.13.1 listed as impacted. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 and is associated with CWE-552, indicating exposure of resources to an unauthorized control sphere.
An attacker with no credentials or user interaction can send a network request to a vulnerable site and retrieve limited contents of arbitrary files on the server, resulting in partial confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability.
Advisories referencing the issue are published on Patchstack and the official WordPress plugin directory, though no specific mitigation steps are detailed in the available references. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1294 with no observed rise after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-36938
Vulnerability details
Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read vulnerability in MultiSafepay plugin for WooCommerce plugin <= 4.13.1 at WordPress.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Controls on authorized publication limit files and directories with nonpublic data from becoming accessible to external parties.
Controlling and documenting P2P file sharing prevents files and directories from being made accessible to external parties for unauthorized distribution.
Identifying and documenting file and directory locations allows restriction of access to external parties.
Protecting backup files ensures they are not accessible to external parties or unauthorized spheres.
Sanitizing equipment before off-site maintenance reduces the risk of files or directories containing sensitive data becoming accessible to external parties.
Policy restricts media access to authorized parties only, preventing exposure of resources to external or unauthorized actors.
Media access restrictions prevent files or directories from being accessible to external parties.
Employing and evaluating controls at documented alternate sites makes files and directories less likely to be accessible to external parties through physical or environmental weaknesses.