CVE-2022-4974

6.3 MEDIUM
Published: October 16, 2024 Modified: April 15, 2026
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Description

The Freemius SDK, as used by hundreds of WordPress plugin and theme developers, was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Information disclosure due to missing capability checks and nonce protection on the _get_debug_log, _get_db_option, and the _set_db_option functions in versions up to, and including 2.4.2. Any WordPress plugin or theme running a version of Freemius less than 2.4.3 is vulnerable.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://freemius.com/blog/managing-security-issues-open-source-freemius-sdk-security-disclosure/
Source: security@wordfence.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20220225174410/https%3A//www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/02/25/our-security-review-of-wordpress-plugin-found-freemius-library-still-contained-vulnerabilities-3-years-after-major-security-incident/
Source: security@wordfence.com
https://wpdirectory.net/search/01FWPVWA7BC5DYGZHNSZQ9QMN5
Source: security@wordfence.com
https://wpdirectory.net/search/01G02RSGMFS1TPT63FS16RWEYR
Source: security@wordfence.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6dae6dca-7474-4008-9fe5-4c62b9f12d0a
Source: security@wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=cve
Source: security@wordfence.com

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
43th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

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