CVE-2022-3677 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Advanced Import WordPress plugin before 1.3.8 does not have CSRF check when installing and activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin install arbitrary plugins from WordPress.org, and activate arbitrary ones from the blog via CSRF attacks

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 0.00291.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Addonspress	Advanced Import

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:addonspress:advanced_import:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5a7c6367-a3e6-4411-8865-2a9dbc9f1450

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00178}`	epss `{'score': 0.00232}`

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +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: 2022-12-05T16:50:30.656Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T13:33:51.862Z

Reserved: 2022-10-24T09:26:45.842Z

Link: CVE-2022-3677

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:03.297Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-05T17:15:10.010

Modified: 2025-04-24T14:15:34.947

Link: CVE-2022-3677

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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