THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-4681
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2022-4681

Hide My Wp vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The Hide My WP WordPress plugin before 6.2.9 does not properly sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection.
Affected vendor
Wpwave
Affected product
Hide My Wp
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-02-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-4681

  • Confirm whether Wpwave Hide My Wp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-4681.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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