CVE-2022-40223 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Nonce token leakage and missing authorization in SearchWP premium plugin <= 4.2.5 on WordPress leading to plugin settings change.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00166.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Searchwp	Searchwp

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:searchwp:searchwp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43521	Nonce token leakage and missing authorization in SearchWP premium plugin <= 4.2.5 on WordPress leading to plugin settings change.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 4.2.6 or higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/searchwp/wordpress-searchwp-premium-plugin-4-2-5-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://searchwp.com/documentation/changelog/

History

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

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-08T18:20:24.908Z

Updated: 2025-02-20T19:55:49.806Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40223

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:39.953Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-08T19:15:14.647

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:21:05.980

Link: CVE-2022-40223

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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