CVE-2022-36389 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPlus Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.9.148 at WordPress.

Published: 2022-08-23

Score: 4.3 Medium

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

WordPlus

Better Messages (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 1.9.9.148`	affected	≤ 1.9.9.148

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordplus:better_messages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 1.9.9.149 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-39102	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPlus Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.9.148 at WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00123.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/bp-better-messages/wordpress-better-messages-plugin-1-9-9-148-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-2
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-better-messages/#developers

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Wordplus Better Messages

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-08-23T15:48:47.656Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:45.849Z

Reserved: 2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36389

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:00:04.391Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-23T16:15:11.503

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:12:55.577

Link: CVE-2022-36389

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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