VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2022-3180

The WPGateway Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.5.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 9.21%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 9.21% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-290
Affected: wpgateway/wpgateway
Source: security@wordfence.com

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/09/psa-zero-day-vulnerability-in-wpgateway-actively-exploited-in-the-wild/Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wpgateway/wpgateway-35-unauthenticated-privilege-escalationThird Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.