CVE-2022-4060 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The User Post Gallery WordPress plugin through 2.19 does not limit what callback functions can be called by users, making it possible to any visitors to run code on sites running it.

Published: 2023-01-16

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 88.7% High

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

User Post Gallery

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 2.19

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:odude:user_post_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.88723.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8f982ebd-6fc5-452d-8280-42e027d01b1e

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Odude User Post Gallery

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-16T15:38:05.280Z

Updated: 2025-04-04T17:46:49.451Z

Reserved: 2022-11-18T18:30:16.280Z

Link: CVE-2022-4060

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:27:54.404Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:11.000

Modified: 2025-04-04T18:15:44.157

Link: CVE-2022-4060

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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