CVE-2022-4120

moderate-risk
Published 2022-12-26

The Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin before 2022.6 passes base64 encoded user input to the unserialize() PHP function when CAPTCHA are used as second challenge, which could lead to PHP Object injection if a plugin installed on the blog has a suitable gadget chain

Do I need to act?

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6.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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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)

Stop Spammers

Affected Vendors

46
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 9/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal