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CVE-2022-3568: ImageMagick Engine <= 1.7.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to PHAR Deserialization

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

The ImageMagick Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'cli_path' parameter in versions up to, and including 1.7.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated users to call files using a PHAR wrapper, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link, 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. It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.

Affected products

• rickardw ImageMagick Engine: before 1.7.6 — fixed in 1.7.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: rickardw ImageMagick Engine 1.7.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/orangelabweb/imagemagick-engine/blob/1.7.4/imagemagick-engine.php#L529
• https://github.com/orangelabweb/imagemagick-engine/blob/v.1.7.2/imagemagick-engine.php#L529
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2801283%40imagemagick-engine&new=2801283%40imagemagick-engine&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a2ca2f0-1d4a-4614-86ba-a46e765f4a9f?source=cve
• https://github.com/orangelabweb/imagemagick-engine/blob/1.7.4/imagemagick-engine.php#L529
• https://github.com/orangelabweb/imagemagick-engine/blob/v.1.7.2/imagemagick-engine.php#L529
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2801283%40imagemagick-engine&new=2801283%40imagemagick-engine&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a2ca2f0-1d4a-4614-86ba-a46e765f4a9f

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