CVE-2022-3881 (GCVE-0-2022-3881)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-12 17:54 – Updated: 2025-04-22 20:06
VLAI
Title
WPTools < 3.43 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Plugin Installation
Summary
The WP Tools Increase Maximum Limits, Repair, Server PHP Info, Javascript errors, File Permissions, Transients, Error Log WordPress plugin before 3.43 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and install and activate arbitrary plugins from wordpress.org
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c2a9cf01-051a-42… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
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