CVE-2022-40223 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Nonce token leakage and missing authorization in SearchWP premium plugin <= 4.2.5 on WordPress leading to plugin settings change.

Published: 2022-11-08

Score: 5.4 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

SearchWP, LLC

SearchWP

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 4.2.5`	affected	≤ 4.2.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:searchwp:searchwp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 4.2.6 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43521	Nonce token leakage and missing authorization in SearchWP premium plugin <= 4.2.5 on WordPress leading to plugin settings change.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

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 0.00346.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/searchwp/wordpress-searchwp-premium-plugin-4-2-5-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://searchwp.com/documentation/changelog/

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

Searchwp Searchwp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-08T18:20:24.908Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:48.016Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40223

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:39.953Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-08T19:15:14.647

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:21:05.980

Link: CVE-2022-40223

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-862

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