Vulnerability · Published Nov 14, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-3477tagDiv Composer < 3.5 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity improper authentication in Newsmag from tagDiv. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.0% (higher than 91% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)4.0%top 9.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

The tagDiv Composer WordPress plugin before 3.5, required by the Newspaper WordPress theme before 12.1 and Newsmag WordPress theme before 5.2.2, does not properly implement the Facebook login feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to login as any user by just knowing their email address

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
tagDiv tagDiv Composer 3.5 – before 3.5
tagDiv Newspaper 12.1 – before 12.1
tagDiv Newsmag 5.2.2 – before 5.2.2

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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