CVE-2022-3180
high-risk
Published 2025-02-11
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.
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23.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 76% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (2)
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/09/psa-zero-day-vulnerability-in-wpgateway-a...
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wpgatew...
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
14/34 · Moderate
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal