CVE-2022-4417 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan WordPress plugin before 9.3.3 does not properly block access to the REST API users endpoint when the blog is in a subdirectory, which could allow attackers to bypass the restriction in place and list users

Published: 2023-01-02

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 9.3.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cerber:wp_cerber_security\,_anti-spam_\&_malware_scan:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51762	The WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan WordPress plugin before 9.3.3 does not properly block access to the REST API users endpoint when the blog is in a subdirectory, which could allow attackers to bypass the restriction in place and list users

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.0044.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a8c6b077-ff93-4c7b-970f-3be4d7971aa5

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Cerber Wp Cerber Security\, Anti-spam \& Malware Scan

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-02T21:49:26.726Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T18:51:59.902Z

Reserved: 2022-12-12T09:02:24.033Z

Link: CVE-2022-4417

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:44.631Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-02T22:15:18.110

Modified: 2025-04-10T19:15:54.483

Link: CVE-2022-4417

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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