CVE-2022-3994 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Authenticator WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 does not prevent subscribers from updating a site's feed access token, which may deny other users access to the functionality in certain configurations.

Published: 2023-01-02

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

Unknown

Authenticator

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.3.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:authenticator_project:authenticator:*:*:*:*:*: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-2022-43323	The Authenticator WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 does not prevent subscribers from updating a site's feed access token, which may deny other users access to the functionality in certain configurations.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00355.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/802a2139-ab48-4281-888f-225e6e3134aa

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Authenticator Project Authenticator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-02T21:49:19.538Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T18:47:27.795Z

Reserved: 2022-11-14T19:20:54.207Z

Link: CVE-2022-3994

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:27:53.743Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-02T22:15:15.760

Modified: 2025-04-10T19:15:49.270

Link: CVE-2022-3994

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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