Vulnerability · Published Oct 31, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-3366PublishPress Capabilities < 2.5.2 - Admin+ PHP Objection Injection

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity unsafe deserialization in PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin Menus from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The PublishPress Capabilities WordPress plugin before 2.5.2, PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 unserializes the content of imported files, which could lead to PHP object injection attacks by administrators, on multisite WordPress configurations. Successful exploitation in this case requires other plugins with a suitable gadget chain to be present on the site.

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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