CVE-2022-42888 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unauth. Privilege Escalation vulnerability in ARMember premium plugin <= 5.5.1 on WordPress.

Published: 2022-12-06

Score: 9.8 Critical

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

Reputeinfosystems

ARMember

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 5.5.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:armemberplugin:armember:*:*:*:*:premium:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 5.6 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45948	Unauth. Privilege Escalation vulnerability in ARMember premium plugin <= 5.5.1 on WordPress.

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 0.00231.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/armember/wordpress-armember-premium-plugin-5-5-1-unauth-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Armemberplugin Armember

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-12-06T20:46:30.638Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:50.536Z

Reserved: 2022-10-19T11:12:07.107Z

Link: CVE-2022-42888

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:05.202Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-06T21:15:10.127

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:25:31.967

Link: CVE-2022-42888

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269

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