CVE-2022-45852 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in FormAssembly / Drew Buschhorn WP-FormAssembly allows Path Traversal.This issue affects WP-FormAssembly: from n/a through 2.0.5.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00369.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/formassembly-web-forms/wordpress-wp-formassembly-plugin-2-0-5-auth-arbitrary-file-read-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in FormAssembly / Drew Buschhorn WP-FormAssembly allows Path Traversal.This issue affects WP-FormAssembly: from n/a through 2.0.5.	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in FormAssembly / Drew Buschhorn WP-FormAssembly allows Path Traversal.This issue affects WP-FormAssembly: from n/a through 2.0.5.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-04-24T10:46:01.860Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:54.229Z

Reserved: 2022-11-23T07:45:49.030Z

Link: CVE-2022-45852

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:24:03.197Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-04-24T11:15:46.483

Modified: 2026-04-28T19:19:05.047

Link: CVE-2022-45852

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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