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CVE-2022-2798: unknown affiliates manager

CVSS: 9.0v3.1CriticalModified
Published 16-09-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2798 is a critical (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in unknown affiliates manager. EPSS estimates a 1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 2.9.14.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.0/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
1.23%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 16-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.14 does not validate and sanitise the affiliate data, which could allow users registering as affiliate to perform CSV injection attacks against an admin exporting the data

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

68%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 1.20% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • affiliates-manager≤ 2.9.13 (fixed in 2.9.14)
Wpaffiliatemanager1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links