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Public proof of concept

CVE-2022-0316

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-01-23

Am I affected?

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Description

The WeStand WordPress theme before 2.1, footysquare WordPress theme, aidreform WordPress theme, statfort WordPress theme, club-theme WordPress theme, kingclub-theme WordPress theme, spikes WordPress theme, spikes-black WordPress theme, soundblast WordPress theme, bolster WordPress theme from ChimpStudio and PixFill does not have any authorisation and upload validation in the lang_upload.php file, allowing any unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to the web server.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-01-2315:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Aidreform project aidreform
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
Chimpgroup bolster
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
Chimpgroup spikes
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

7 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA10 products

As WPScan, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Unknown WeStandother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • < 2.1fixed in 2.1custom
  • Unknown footysquareother versions: affected
    Affected
    • all versionsno fix statedcustom
  • Unknown aidreformother versions: affected
    Affected
    • all versionsno fix statedcustom
  • Unknown statfortother versions: affected
    Affected
    • all versionsno fix statedcustom
  • Unknown club-themeother versions: affected
    Affected
    • all versionsno fix statedcustom
  • Unknown kingclub-themeother versions: affected
    Affected
    • all versionsno fix statedcustom

4 more products in the CVE record.

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-01-23

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedKTN1990/CVE-2022-0316_wordpress_multiple_themes_exploit
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-01-23
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-j5h9-7hp2-65w5

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0316?

The WeStand WordPress theme before 2.1, footysquare WordPress theme, aidreform WordPress theme, statfort WordPress theme, club-theme WordPress theme, kingclub-theme WordPress theme, spikes WordPress theme, spikes-black WordPress theme, soundblast WordPress theme, bolster WordPress theme from ChimpStudio and PixFill does not have any authorisation and upload validation in the lang_upload.php file, allowing any unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to the web server.

Is CVE-2022-0316 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-0316, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-0316?

CVE-2022-0316 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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