CVE-2022-2834 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Helpful WordPress plugin before 4.5.26 puts the exported logs and feedbacks in a publicly accessible location and guessable names, which could allow attackers to download them and retrieve sensitive information such as IP, Names and Email Address depending on the plugin's settings

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00604.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Helpful Project	Helpful

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:helpful_project:helpful:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35070	The Helpful WordPress plugin before 4.5.26 puts the exported logs and feedbacks in a publicly accessible location and guessable names, which could allow attackers to download them and retrieve sensitive information such as IP, Names and Email Address depending on the plugin's settings

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/468d5fc7-04c6-4354-b134-85ebb25b37ae

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00586}`	epss `{'score': 0.00668}`

Tue, 13 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-13T19:11:57.316Z

Reserved: 2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2834

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:52:58.931Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-17T12:15:09.960

Modified: 2025-05-13T20:15:22.520

Link: CVE-2022-2834

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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