Vulnerability Report
Plugin High

SearchWP Premium <= 4.2.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Nonce Leakage and Authorization Bypass

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.

Published
Oct 24, 2022
Last Updated
Jan 22, 2024
Slug
searchwp
Detailed Metadata
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug
CVE CVE-2022-40223
Patched Versions
4.2.6
Affected Versions
*-4.2.5
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