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CVE-2022-3180 Details

Description

The WPGateway Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary malicious administrator accounts.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/09/psa-zero-day-vulnerability-in-wpgateway-actively-exploited-in-the-wild/ [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wpgateway/wpgateway-35-unauthenticated-privilege-escalation [email protected]Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-290Authentication Bypass by Spoofing[email protected]
CWE-290Authentication Bypass by Spoofing[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wpgateway wpgateway
<= 3.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wpgateway:wpgateway:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-3180
NVD Published Date:
Feb 11, 2025
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2022-3180 Details - Not Deferred