What is CVE-2022-0188?

CVE-2022-0188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Niteothemes Cmp, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-02-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-0188?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0188 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Niteothemes Cmp

CVE-2022-0188

The CMP WordPress plugin before 4.0.19 allows any user, even not logged in, to arbitrarily change the coming soon page layout.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2022-02-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Niteothemes Cmp
Cmp — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/50b6f770-6f53-41ef-b2f3-2a58e9afd332 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2657597/cmp-coming-soon-maintenance (Patch, Third Party Advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0188?: CVE-2022-0188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Niteothemes Cmp, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-02-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-0188?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0188 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.