CVE-2022-36387 (GCVE-0-2022-36387)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-06 22:19 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:07
VLAI
Title
WordPress About Me plugin <= 1.0.12 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Summary
Broken Access Control vulnerability in Alessio Caiazza's About Me plugin <= 1.0.12 at WordPress.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Alessio Caiazza About Me (WordPress plugin) Affected: <= 1.0.12 , ≤ 1.0.12 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-08-25 00:00
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by ptsfence (Patchstack Alliance)
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