CVE-2022-3538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Webmaster Tools Verification WordPress plugin through 1.2 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when disabling plugins, allowing unauthenticated users to disable arbitrary plugins

Published: 2022-11-14

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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

Webmaster Tools Verification

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.2`	affected	≤ 1.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webmaster_tools_verification_project:webmaster_tools_verification:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42904	The Webmaster Tools Verification WordPress plugin through 1.2 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when disabling plugins, allowing unauthenticated users to disable arbitrary plugins

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00277.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/337ee7ed-9ade-4567-b976-88386cbcf036

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Webmaster Tools Verification Project Webmaster Tools Verification

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T15:33:06.336Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-3538

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:02.359Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-14T15:15:49.807

Modified: 2025-04-30T16:15:22.837

Link: CVE-2022-3538

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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