Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes < 4.0.19 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary CSS Update
CVE-2022-0188

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Cmp
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 February 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2022-0188?

The CMP WordPress plugin before 4.0.19 allows any user, even not logged in, to arbitrarily change the coming soon page layout.

Affected Version(s)

CMP 0 < 4.0.19

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2022-0188 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/50b6f770-6f53-41ef-b2f3-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2657597/cmp-...
patch

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krzysztof Zając
WPScan
.