Vulnerability · Published Jun 8, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2022-50953WordPress Plugin admin-word-count-column 2.2 Local File Read

Medium 6.2

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in admin-word-count-column from brooks24. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
brooks24	admin-word-count-column	2.2

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ExploitDB-50845 exploit
Official Product Homepage product
VulnCheck Advisory: WordPress Plugin admin-word-count-column 2.2 Local File Read third-party-advisory