CVE-2022-40216 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Auth. (subscriber+) Messaging Block Bypass vulnerability in Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.10.69 on WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00058.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wordplus	Better Messages

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordplus:better_messages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43514	Auth. (subscriber+) Messaging Block Bypass vulnerability in Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.10.69 on WordPress.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 1.9.10.71 or higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/bp-better-messages/wordpress-better-messages-plugin-1-9-10-69-messaging-block-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-better-messages/#developers

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-18T22:33:03.687Z

Updated: 2025-02-20T19:49:49.960Z

Reserved: 2022-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40216

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:39.861Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-18T23:15:20.780

Modified: 2025-02-20T20:15:40.260

Link: CVE-2022-40216

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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