CVE-2022-4305 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Login as User or Customer WordPress plugin before 3.3 lacks authorization checks to ensure that users are allowed to log in as another one, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to obtain a valid admin session.

Published: 2023-01-23

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 83.1% 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

Login as User or Customer

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp-buy:login_as_user_or_customer_\(user_switching\):*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

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 0.83054.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/286d972d-7bda-455c-a226-fd9ce5f925bd

History

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Wp-buy Login As User Or Customer \(user Switching\)

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-23T14:31:57.132Z

Updated: 2025-04-03T19:19:19.996Z

Reserved: 2022-12-06T10:55:06.559Z

Link: CVE-2022-4305

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:50.042Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T15:15:14.283

Modified: 2025-04-03T20:15:18.120

Link: CVE-2022-4305

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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