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critical 9.8

CVE-2022-4305 in the critical feed json

Login as User or Customer < 3.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Admin

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-51660

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
38.6%
EPSS 38.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The Login as User or Customer WordPress plugin before 3.3 lacks authorization checks to ensure that users are allowed to log in as another one, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to obtain a valid admin session.

Patch / fix

  • Unknown Login as User or Customer 3.3

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

38.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template Login as User or Customer < 3.3 - Privilege Escalation nuclei detection template
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/286d972d-7bda-455c-a226-fd9ce5f925bd referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Unknown Login as User or Customer

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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