The SearchWP Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to leaking a nonce protecting a function used to modify plugin settings in versions up to, and including, 4.2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to obtain the nonce and modify the plugin's settings.
CVE-2022-40223 is a high severity with CVSS 7.1 Authorization Bypass issue affecting the Plugin SearchWP Premium. It affects Versions up to 4.2.5 and is fixed in 4.2.6.
CVE-2022-40223 is tracked for the Plugin SearchWP Premium as high severity with CVSS 7.1. The affected range is Versions up to 4.2.5. Update SearchWP Premium to 4.2.6 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
searchwp
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2022-40223 |
| Patched Versions |
4.2.6
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 4.2.5
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