CVE-2022-3679 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Starter Templates by Kadence WP WordPress plugin before 1.2.17 unserialises the content of an imported file, which could lead to PHP object injection issues when an admin import (intentionally or not) a malicious file and a suitable gadget chain is present on the blog.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00547.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Kadencewp	Starter Templates

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kadencewp:starter_templates:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43038	The Starter Templates by Kadence WP WordPress plugin before 1.2.17 unserialises the content of an imported file, which could lead to PHP object injection issues when an admin import (intentionally or not) a malicious file and a suitable gadget chain is present on the blog.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ec4b9bf7-71d6-4528-9dd1-cc7779624760

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00373}`	epss `{'score': 0.00487}`

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-09T22:13:44.163Z

Updated: 2025-04-09T18:37:34.154Z

Reserved: 2022-10-24T12:28:08.114Z

Link: CVE-2022-3679

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:03.236Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-09T23:15:26.843

Modified: 2025-04-09T19:15:43.980

Link: CVE-2022-3679

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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