What is CVE-2022-0165?

CVE-2022-0165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in King-Theme Kingcomposer, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-0165?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0165 known to be exploited?

7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Open Redirect in King-Theme Kingcomposer

CVE-2022-0165

The Page Builder KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not validate the id parameter before redirecting the user to it via the kc_get_thumbn AJAX action available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.043 (90.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

King-theme Kingcomposer
Unknown Page Builder: Kingcomposer – Free Drag And Drop Builder By King-theme — versions 2.9.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0165?: CVE-2022-0165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in King-Theme Kingcomposer, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-0165?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0165 known to be exploited?: 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.