CVE-2022-3180 (GCVE-0-2022-3180)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-11 21:38 – Updated: 2025-03-14 17:01
VLAI Previdian
Title
WPGateway <= 3.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Summary
The WPGateway Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary malicious administrator accounts.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-12 15:09 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2251 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Jack Hopman WPGateway Affected: * , ≤ 3.5 (semver)
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Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 0a10aaea-053f-4fb6-98ad-309d73a0567c

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2022-3180

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2022-09-13 08:50 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-09-13
Asserted: 2022-09-13
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: WPGateway <= 3.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation | Affected: Jack Hopman / WPGateway | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | EPSS: 0.27791 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: kevintel

Details
Feed KEVIntel (kevintel.com)
Title WPGateway <= 3.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Vendor Jack Hopman
Product WPGateway
Added Date 2022-09-13T08:50:53.000Z
Cvss Score 9.8
Epss Score 0.27791
Cvss Severity CRITICAL
Epss Percentile 0.96148
Used In Malware unknown
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev True
References
Created: 2026-06-23 11:12 UTC | Updated: 2026-06-23 11:12 UTC
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