CVE-2022-3881 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Tools Increase Maximum Limits, Repair, Server PHP Info, Javascript errors, File Permissions, Transients, Error Log WordPress plugin before 3.43 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and install and activate arbitrary plugins from wordpress.org

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00055.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wptools Project	Wptools

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43217	The WP Tools Increase Maximum Limits, Repair, Server PHP Info, Javascript errors, File Permissions, Transients, Error Log WordPress plugin before 3.43 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and install and activate arbitrary plugins from wordpress.org

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c2a9cf01-051a-429a-82ca-280885114b5a

History

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +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: 2022-12-12T17:54:54.806Z

Updated: 2025-04-22T20:06:37.054Z

Reserved: 2022-11-07T16:28:41.550Z

Link: CVE-2022-3881

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:20:58.659Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-12T18:15:11.197

Modified: 2025-04-22T20:15:23.790

Link: CVE-2022-3881

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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