CVE-2023-2288

The Otter WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not sanitize some user-controlled file paths before performing file operations on them. This leads to a PHAR deserialization vulnerability on PHP < 8.0 using the phar:// stream wrapper.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93acb4ee-1053-48e1-8b69-c09dc3b2f302	Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93acb4ee-1053-48e1-8b69-c09dc3b2f302	Exploit

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:themeisle:otter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

24 Oct 2026, 13:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) El plugin de WordPress Otter anterior a la versión 2.2.6 no sanitiza algunas rutas de archivo controladas por el usuario antes de realizar operaciones de archivo en ellas. Esto conduce a una vulnerabilidad de deserialización PHAR en PHP anterior a 8.0 utilizando el envoltorio de flujo phar://.

Information

Published : 2023-05-30 08:15

Updated : 2026-10-24 13:10

NVD link : CVE-2023-2288

Mitre link : CVE-2023-2288

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-2288

JSON object : View

Products Affected

themeisle

otter

CWE

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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