Auth bypass in Visualportfolio Visual Portfolio\, Photo Gallery \& Post Grid
CVE-2022-2543
The Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.18.0 does not have proper authorisation checks in some of its REST endpoints, allowing unauthenticated users to call them and inject arbitrary CSS in arbitrary saved layouts
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
EPSS: 0.005 (39.7th 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
- Visualportfolio Visual_portfolio\,_photo_gallery_\&_post_grid
- Unknown Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid — versions 2.18.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-2543?
- CVE-2022-2543 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Visualportfolio Visual Portfolio\, Photo Gallery \& Post Grid, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-09-05.
- How severe is CVE-2022-2543?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-2543 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.