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CVE-2022-2439: Easy Digital Downloads – Simple eCommerce for Selling Digital Files <= 3.3.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHAR Deserialization

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

The Easy Digital Downloads – Simple eCommerce for Selling Digital Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'upload[file]' parameter in versions up to, and including 3.3.3. This makes it possible for authenticated administrative users to call files using a PHAR wrapper, that will deserialize and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present.

Affected products

• smub Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy: before 3.3.4 — fixed in 3.3.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: smub Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 3.3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3154854/easy-digital-downloads/tags/3.3.4/includes/admin/import/import-functions.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3154854/easy-digital-downloads/tags/3.3.4/src/Utils/FileSystem.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/644c8702-08ad-4048-ae91-041f1771f1dc?source=cve

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