Remote command execution via unescaped CLI path
Published Oct 20, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in ImageMagick Engine 1.7.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. The ime_ajax_test_im_path handler passes cli_path into ime_im_cli_check_command, where ime_is_executable interpolates the resulting path into a backtick shell command without shell escaping or a nonce check. Exploitation requires an administrator with manage_options to follow an attacker-controlled request, after which commands run with the WordPress server process's access.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in ImageMagick Engine 1.7.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. The ime_ajax_test_im_path handler passes cli_path into ime_im_cli_check_command, where ime_is_executable interpolates the resulting path into a backtick shell command without shell escaping or a nonce check. Exploitation requires an administrator with manage_options to follow an attacker-controlled request, after which commands run with the WordPress server process's access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-2441
- Published
- Oct 20, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Rickard Westerlind
- Product
- ImageMagick Engine
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 20, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.7.5
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Public exploit references
- WordPress ImageMagick Engine cli_path command-execution requestproof of concept · unverified
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