CVE-2022-0164 json
Coming soon and Maintenance mode < 3.6.7 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Email Sending to Subscribed Users
published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-15372
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Coming soon and Maintenance mode WordPress plugin before 3.5.3 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in its coming_soon_send_mail AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, with a role as low as subscriber to send arbitrary emails to all subscribed users
Patch / fix
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Check with FencerExploit prediction
0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/942535f9-73bf-4467-872a-20075f03bc51 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Unknown Coming soon and Maintenance mode
Classification
- Weakness
- Technology feeds
References
-
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/changeset/2655973
patch
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/942535f9-73bf-4467-872a-20075f03bc51
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-0164
- NVD CVE-2022-0164
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