CVE-2022-3180

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

The WPGateway Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.5. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary malicious administrator accounts.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published2/11/2025

Last Modified6/5/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

wpgateway:wpgateway

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-290CWE-290

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/09/psa-zero-day-vulnerability-in-wpgateway-actively-exploited-in-the-wild/(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wpgateway/wpgateway-35-unauthenticated-privilege-escalation(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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