CVE-2022-36387 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Broken Access Control vulnerability in Alessio Caiazza's About Me plugin <= 1.0.12 at WordPress.

Published: 2022-09-06

Score: 7.6 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Alessio Caiazza

About Me (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 1.0.12`	affected	≤ 1.0.12

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:about-me_project:about-me:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-39100	Broken Access Control vulnerability in Alessio Caiazza's About Me plugin <= 1.0.12 at WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0068.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/about-me/wordpress-about-me-plugin-1-0-12-broken-access-control-vulnerability/_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/about-me/

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

About-me Project About-me

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-09-06T22:19:13.284Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:46.017Z

Reserved: 2022-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36387

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:00:04.416Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-06T23:15:08.677

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:12:55.330

Link: CVE-2022-36387

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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