CVE-2022-0246: iQ Block Country < 1.2.13 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Deletion via Zip Slip

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-73

Description

The settings of the iQ Block Country WordPress plugin before 1.2.13 can be exported or imported using its backup functionality. An authorized user can import preconfigured settings of the plugin by uploading a zip file. After the uploading process, files in the uploaded zip file are extracted one by one. During the extraction process, existence of a file is checked. If the file exists, it is deleted without any security control by only considering the name of the extracted file. This behavior leads to "Zip Slip" vulnerability.

Affected products

iQ Block Country: before 1.2.13 — fixed in 1.2.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: iQ Block Country 1.2.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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